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Simple Sourdough: How to Bake the Best Bread in the World
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**********THIS IS A "SHORT," NOT A FULL-LENGTH BOOK!!!**********
This booklet tells how to make the best bread in the world. And it's made from only wheat, water, and salt! You'll love this tasty, wholesome, easy-to-make bread from a tradition thousands of years old. In fact, it may spoil you for all other bread!
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Mark Shepard is the author of several books on simple living and nonviolent social change, and also on the flute.
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CONTENTS
The Starter
The Ingredients
The Sponge
The Two Things You Must Always Remember
The Dough
The Rising
The Baking
Final Facts
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A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
I first learned to love this bread while visiting the Community of the Ark, a utopian society founded in France by an Italian disciple of Gandhi. On my return home, a friend taught me how to make the same bread -- or pretty close. Some further experimenting ended up with the method in this booklet. If you've made other breads, you'll find it refreshingly simple. No matter how much of this bread I've eaten, I've never grown tired of it.
*******#1 AMAZON.COM BESTSELLER IN BAKING (SEPT. 2013)********
**********THIS IS A "SHORT," NOT A FULL-LENGTH BOOK!!!**********
This booklet tells how to make the best bread in the world. And it's made from only wheat, water, and salt! You'll love this tasty, wholesome, easy-to-make bread from a tradition thousands of years old. In fact, it may spoil you for all other bread!
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
Mark Shepard is the author of several books on simple living and nonviolent social change, and also on the flute.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
CONTENTS
The Starter
The Ingredients
The Sponge
The Two Things You Must Always Remember
The Dough
The Rising
The Baking
Final Facts
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
I first learned to love this bread while visiting the Community of the Ark, a utopian society founded in France by an Italian disciple of Gandhi. On my return home, a friend taught me how to make the same bread -- or pretty close. Some further experimenting ended up with the method in this booklet. If you've made other breads, you'll find it refreshingly simple. No matter how much of this bread I've eaten, I've never grown tired of it.
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First published June 9, 2005
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May 2, 2013
More of a booklet than a book, I downloaded this for my Kindle after reading my bread-making-buddy's review. This is clearly written, and sets out a simple path for sour dough that is quite different to my current method. I look forward to trying this technique.
December 14, 2017
Simple effective guidelines for healthful sourdough bread
When it comes to making homemade bread I find the simpler instructions often prove the most helpful to me, and the easiest to actually use. This little how-to booklet is a great little guide for starting me off on starters :) Thanks!
When it comes to making homemade bread I find the simpler instructions often prove the most helpful to me, and the easiest to actually use. This little how-to booklet is a great little guide for starting me off on starters :) Thanks!
April 27, 2013
A good little find for my Kindle. Not a freebie this time but nearly. A short read with good advice for someone starting out on the sour-dough journey and also a couple of tips for the more experienced and adventurous of us. I have been making my own sour-dough bread for over a year now and can certainly attest to the health benefits, the delicious flavours, the joy of making your own. I used to make my own normal (bakers yeast) bread as well as the sour-dough but now the choice is always sour-dough. It is very easy, and time frames adapt very well to your own daily timetable.
Worth the read for me. I picked up a couple of tips I will certainly try. Starting the baking with a cold oven is the complete opposite of what I have been doing, so I shall experiment. Certainly easier than waiting to get the oven to full temperature.
I would recommend anyone invest the .99c and baking their own healthy bread, with this booklet as a guide.
Worth the read for me. I picked up a couple of tips I will certainly try. Starting the baking with a cold oven is the complete opposite of what I have been doing, so I shall experiment. Certainly easier than waiting to get the oven to full temperature.
I would recommend anyone invest the .99c and baking their own healthy bread, with this booklet as a guide.
May 20, 2018
16 cups of flour!
I like the way he writes like telling a story. However there are no UK metric weight and measures. No pictures or drawings to guide you, and only one recipe,hidden in the narrative. As a single person, I would have to get a stand mixer to knead that amount of dough , and freeze two or three loaves. This is three times the amount made in the New Artisan bread in 5 books.
To be honest , this e book is annoying.
I like the way he writes like telling a story. However there are no UK metric weight and measures. No pictures or drawings to guide you, and only one recipe,hidden in the narrative. As a single person, I would have to get a stand mixer to knead that amount of dough , and freeze two or three loaves. This is three times the amount made in the New Artisan bread in 5 books.
To be honest , this e book is annoying.
March 5, 2018
Sourdough Made Easy!
This little book is the best! I love sourdough bread, but have not found any good bread living in the midwest. I miss the sourdough I could find in super markets on the west coast. I’ve tried different recipes but gave up when things didn’t work out like I wanted. Besides being delicious, these instructions are deliciously easy!
This little book is the best! I love sourdough bread, but have not found any good bread living in the midwest. I miss the sourdough I could find in super markets on the west coast. I’ve tried different recipes but gave up when things didn’t work out like I wanted. Besides being delicious, these instructions are deliciously easy!
December 21, 2017
Perfectly no frills
This is a refreshing approach to sourdough, and when he says "simple," he means it. No science, no photos, no analysis, no FAQs, only the least intimidating method of sourdoughing that I've seen. Well done.
This is a refreshing approach to sourdough, and when he says "simple," he means it. No science, no photos, no analysis, no FAQs, only the least intimidating method of sourdoughing that I've seen. Well done.
October 20, 2018
Decent information, but *very* simple
This pamphlet (it's only about 15 pages, so definitely not a book) gives some good information on making sourdough starter and bread, but is *so* simple with it's instructions that it's almost useless if you already know anything about baking.
This pamphlet (it's only about 15 pages, so definitely not a book) gives some good information on making sourdough starter and bread, but is *so* simple with it's instructions that it's almost useless if you already know anything about baking.
August 24, 2021
I haven't tried this recipe yet but intend too. Easy simple instructions.. hope the bread comes out as good as it says it does.
Easy to read instructions. Says it is really good bread can't wait to try it out. If it comes out well I will update my review
Easy to read instructions. Says it is really good bread can't wait to try it out. If it comes out well I will update my review
January 5, 2021
Yummy sourdough
I remember growing a starter in the kitchen when I was a kid. This tastes like that bread! Thank you!
I remember growing a starter in the kitchen when I was a kid. This tastes like that bread! Thank you!
December 2, 2013
I was a little disappointed in this book. Luckily I only paid a penny so it wasn't worth returning. It is very short (think 5 paragraph essay--not 5 chapters). Covers ingredients, sponge, dough, rising and baking. Not much more than a long paragraph on each. Just the basic basics that you need to know to bake bread. If you want something super short than this is for you. Qucik need to know iformation and nothing else.
September 7, 2014
Short and sweet!
like the simple straight forwardness of it. I am very new to sourdough baking and am trying several different ways, and believe me there are many, many different ways to do if. I haven't baked this one yet, but it's next on my list. I may have to re post after that. we shall see. The 5 stars are for the clear short way this was presented.
like the simple straight forwardness of it. I am very new to sourdough baking and am trying several different ways, and believe me there are many, many different ways to do if. I haven't baked this one yet, but it's next on my list. I may have to re post after that. we shall see. The 5 stars are for the clear short way this was presented.
February 24, 2016
Love sourdough bread
I used to make sourdough bread from a starter every week or so. My family and friends loved it. I used to take loaves to work and give it to people for Christmas. Then I got too busy and didn't have time to bake. This book will help me go back to baking wonderful sourdough bread. Thank you.
I used to make sourdough bread from a starter every week or so. My family and friends loved it. I used to take loaves to work and give it to people for Christmas. Then I got too busy and didn't have time to bake. This book will help me go back to baking wonderful sourdough bread. Thank you.
April 22, 2016
Rather lacking in real instructions
This is a very basic pamphlet. It is only a dozen or so pages long. The recipes are more like guidelines with little definition to them.
This is not a book for anyone who needs more than very basic direction and no recipes. It is anything but "simple."
This is a very basic pamphlet. It is only a dozen or so pages long. The recipes are more like guidelines with little definition to them.
This is not a book for anyone who needs more than very basic direction and no recipes. It is anything but "simple."
April 5, 2018
Simple, to the point
Very clear instructions and some interesting history of the bread. Short, not a cookbook. This makes good old fashioned bread that's more substantial than store bread.
Very clear instructions and some interesting history of the bread. Short, not a cookbook. This makes good old fashioned bread that's more substantial than store bread.
June 11, 2013
Most sourdough instructions tell you how to make sourdough but never really explain what to do next. This is a simple explanation of how to make a start AND how to use it.
March 23, 2014
More a pamphlet than an actual book. A master recipe would have been a good addition. I think I will have to try it just to see how simple it really is!
January 3, 2020
Sourdough bread
I liked this book because it explained the process of making the sourdough bread from start to finish. It's a lost art but is making a comeback.
I liked this book because it explained the process of making the sourdough bread from start to finish. It's a lost art but is making a comeback.
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