I'm looking to buy a book, I'm a novic at sourdough. Liked the look of Yoki Madewi's 2nd sourdough book with gluten free recipes. Any thoughts? It had lots of pictures and seemed fairly easy to follow.
I would recommend Daniel Leader's "Local Breads" - lots of good recipes and some interesting stories as well about his travels in Europe searching for original sourdough bread, from a leading New York sourdough baker. You can also follow Karniecoops blog on this site which is working through each of the recipes in the book, with pictures etc.
My husband and I are both amateur bakers and we got a copy of Leader's Local Breads for Christmas this year -- ditto Tim here, it's fabulous! I really appreciate the fact Leader uses both weights and baker's percentages in his recipes as well. As I do have some background in professional kitchens, I know how the weights and percentages work ;) and I really prefer those to the standard "1/4 cup" or "1 tsp" measurements most books for non-professionals are published in.
Thanks Farinam. You are right, this site has got heaps of good stuff so until I get more experience I will hold off on book. Plenty of good ideas I'm picking up. Bebe
I am enjoying Local Breads, and I would recommend it. I have a few others too. It haven't launched into them like I have with this one. Local Breads does have mostly SD recipes (except for the Italy section), and the recipes are grouped by country, and there are a ice mixture of recipes.
[quote=Bebe]I'm looking to buy a book, I'm a novic at sourdough. Liked the look of Yoki Madewi's 2nd sourdough book with gluten free recipes. Any thoughts? It had lots of pictures and seemed fairly easy to follow.[/quote]
I ended up getting Yoki's new book, Sourdough. It's quite nice, plenty of grain and gluten free recipes. Have ordered Local Breads though for a more traditional approach. This is very addictive, I'm getting up first thing and baking my butt off. Some successes, a few flops. It's fun. Bebe
I looked for ages for something on GF sourdough. I couldn't find anything good out there.
Mardewi takes that line that many people take: you have to forget everything you know about sourdough when you make gluten free sourdough. That is untrue. See my posts on GF sourdough.
I own both of Yoke Mardewi's books and have some reservations about them. Too many recipes in both of them either miss out ingredients or stages in the method, making them two of the worst proof read volumes I own. That said I learnt a good deal from them although I needed some degree of prior knowledge to make sense of some of the recipes. My family are certainly enjoying the sourdough crumpets made based on a recipe in the second book, though the technique is missing a step and some footnotes mentioning possible problems would help with quality control.
Like the others in this thread I found 'Local Breads' a really useful book. As Bebe says, all baking should be fun. regards Steve
I have his book "Crust". It's quite expensive but beautifully produced and the version I have has an accompanying DVD which helps greatly in illustrating his technique.
Of course I don't need to tell you that there are as many ideas on how to produce the perfect sourdough loaf as there are soughdough bakers, you have to adapt to local conditions, available ingredients and the idiosyncrasies of your starter. Nevertheless Bertinet is a good place to start (although I have to say that most of my knowledge, such as it is, has been gleaned from the Internet).
I have borrowed all the books (that I can think of) mentioned and advertised on this and other sites from my free library network. At first I wanted to own them all, but reading them over a couple of weeks was enough. Most of what they contain can be found free on the Internet. However, if you want to buy go to bookdepository.com. They are all very affordable there and shipping is free.
.........is Abebooks (http://www.abebooks.com/) They broker books -- new, used, collectible -- to and for people all over the world, so given the wide variety of home countries in this group, hey -- it might come in handy!
Personally, I have absolutely no shame whatsoever about buying books used, especially if the price is right. That being said, I can tell you I've bought lots of different books (textbooks and otherwise) from Abebooks and have had excellent experiences with them every time.
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I would recommend Daniel Leader's "Local Breads" - lots of good recipes and some interesting stories as well about his travels in Europe searching for original sourdough bread, from a leading New York sourdough baker. You can also follow Karniecoops blog on this site which is working through each of the recipes in the book, with pictures etc.
Tim
My husband and I are both amateur bakers and we got a copy of Leader's Local Breads for Christmas this year -- ditto Tim here, it's fabulous! I really appreciate the fact Leader uses both weights and baker's percentages in his recipes as well. As I do have some background in professional kitchens, I know how the weights and percentages work ;) and I really prefer those to the standard "1/4 cup" or "1 tsp" measurements most books for non-professionals are published in.
Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson is another good one though a bit exsy - at least down under.
But hey, you can't go past the freebies and good advice on this site and others!
Good luck with your projects.
Farinam
I am enjoying Local Breads, and I would recommend it. I have a few others too. It haven't launched into them like I have with this one. Local Breads does have mostly SD recipes (except for the Italy section), and the recipes are grouped by country, and there are a ice mixture of recipes.
[quote=Bebe]I'm looking to buy a book, I'm a novic at sourdough. Liked the look of Yoki Madewi's 2nd sourdough book with gluten free recipes. Any thoughts? It had lots of pictures and seemed fairly easy to follow.[/quote]
I ended up getting Yoki's new book, Sourdough. It's quite nice, plenty of grain and gluten free recipes. Have ordered Local Breads though for a more traditional approach. This is very addictive, I'm getting up first thing and baking my butt off. Some successes, a few flops. It's fun. BebeI looked for ages for something on GF sourdough. I couldn't find anything good out there.
Mardewi takes that line that many people take: you have to forget everything you know about sourdough when you make gluten free sourdough. That is untrue. See my posts on GF sourdough.
Keep enjoying your bread making!
I own both of Yoke Mardewi's books and have some reservations about them. Too many recipes in both of them either miss out ingredients or stages in the method, making them two of the worst proof read volumes I own. That said I learnt a good deal from them although I needed some degree of prior knowledge to make sense of some of the recipes. My family are certainly enjoying the sourdough crumpets made based on a recipe in the second book, though the technique is missing a step and some footnotes mentioning possible problems would help with quality control.
Like the others in this thread I found 'Local Breads' a really useful book. As Bebe says, all baking should be fun. regards Steve
I have his book "Crust". It's quite expensive but beautifully produced and the version I have has an accompanying DVD which helps greatly in illustrating his technique.
Of course I don't need to tell you that there are as many ideas on how to produce the perfect sourdough loaf as there are soughdough bakers, you have to adapt to local conditions, available ingredients and the idiosyncrasies of your starter. Nevertheless Bertinet is a good place to start (although I have to say that most of my knowledge, such as it is, has been gleaned from the Internet).
Happy baking!
I have borrowed all the books (that I can think of) mentioned and advertised on this and other sites from my free library network. At first I wanted to own them all, but reading them over a couple of weeks was enough. Most of what they contain can be found free on the Internet. However, if you want to buy go to bookdepository.com. They are all very affordable there and shipping is free.
.........is Abebooks (http://www.abebooks.com/) They broker books -- new, used, collectible -- to and for people all over the world, so given the wide variety of home countries in this group, hey -- it might come in handy!
Personally, I have absolutely no shame whatsoever about buying books used, especially if the price is right. That being said, I can tell you I've bought lots of different books (textbooks and otherwise) from Abebooks and have had excellent experiences with them every time.