Product Description: Sourdough is magic. It’s healthy, it’s tasty, and it’s alive. But that doesn’t mean you have to be a magician to craft beautiful, tasty loaves from it. Baking sourdough bread is an art for everyone. Baking Sourdough Bread is the cookbook and guide into the delicious, healthy world of sourdough...read more

Product Description: Sourdough: The Gold Standard of Bread   More and more home bakers are replacing mass-produced breads and commercial yeasts in favor of artisan breads made with wild cultures and natural fermentation. Whether you want to capture your own local yeasts, take advantage of established cultures like San Francisco Sourdough, or simply bake healthier, more natural loaves, you’ll find no better guides than renowned sourdough authorities Ed and Jean Wood...read more

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Traces the history of sourdough bread from its origins in ancient Egypt, and offers a collection of recipes, including sourdough bagels, dinner rolls, pizza crust, and pretzels

Describes how sourdough bread is made, shows how to work with food processors and bread baking machines, and shares recipes for breads, popovers, pancakes, and waffles

More than two hundred recipes for breads, cakes, main dishes, pastries, pancakes, and other treats made with sourdough instead of yeast are accompanied by ten starter recipes and comments on the uses and merits of sourdough