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New World Sourdough

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Making sourdough times time and patience. It can often feel antidating but this book breaks it down and encourages you to try. The photos are amazing and the directions are clear. I also loved each of the unique stories.
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This book is full of delicious information for those wanting to take their sourdough skills to a new level.  The pictures are enticing, the directions are straightforward, and the stories behind each bread are heartwarming.
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This book is fabulous for someone who already knows a little bit about baking. It might not be the best for an absolute novice. Bryan Ford comes from Honduras by way of New Orleans, and he brings many different elements together for his many sourdough recipes. I had no idea you could make so many things with sourdough. The book starts out with how to make the starter, then gets into the various techniques. Beautiful photos as well.

Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for a digital ARC for the purpose of an unbiased review.
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Prefect timing, perfect book! 

Our family recently started making sourdough so I was excited to get an ARC from NetGalley! Not only is this a great book but I started following Artisan Bryan on Instagram.

 With easy to follow directions, Bryan Ford offers a diverse group of recipes that are fun and flavorful. I didn’t know all of the bread items you could make with a sourdough starter!

The book captures the artistry of bread making with delectable photography!
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*received for free from netgalley for honest review* This book is so beautiful and the recipes sound (and look) so delicious :0 really need to try some of them out!
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I really enjoy cooking and browsing through cook books and this has to be one of the better bread recipe books I've found. I'm not familiar with Bryan Ford but he is obviously a very good and passionate Baker. This book makes it easy to learn how to make a sourdough starter that then gives you so many different delicious bread options to bake from around the world. I loved how many different countries breads were represented in this boo from pretzels to English muffins. I also love how easy the recipes are to understand and each recipe is set out the same way so you can easily see how they all compare. This would be a great book for anyone looking to get into baking. 
Thanks to Netgalley.com and Quarry Books for my complimentary eARC copy.
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A great book about the art of Sourdough. As many of us are spending way too much time at home, the timing is perfect. If this book doesn't make you want to bake, nothing will. 

Thank you Quarry Books and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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Thank you NetGalley and publishers for an ARC. All opinions are my own.

I love baking and creating a deliciously, warm loaf of bread is incredibly satisfying. Sharing your sourdough with others is the ultimate gift of hospitality. Bryan Ford is an incredible baker and his passion is ever present in New World Sourdough. You can travel the world with the wide variety of recipes from different cultures from the warmth of your kitchen. I really enjoyed reading this book and loom forward to experimenting with different textures and styles of sourdough!
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The world of sourdough is so fascinating and this book comes at the perfect time as quarantine has given some the gift of time to bake these gorgeous loaves.
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This is a fantastic cookbook if you want to make sourdough bread or other items.  The pictures were beautiful, and I loved all the recipes for sweet sourdough things I wouldn't think of.

I made the pizza dough and focaccia using my existing starter, and they both came out great!  I highly recommend this book.

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Great way to learn about Sourdough. Students who are interested in baking would find this interesting.
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I received a complementary copy of this book from the publisher and Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. 

An incredible go-to book for all your sourdough needs. A beautifully presented but untraditional cookbook, New World Sourdough focuses on techniques and tricks to perfect your bread.
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What a wonderful way to be introduced to the world of sourdough breads. The author is influenced from his Hispanic heritage and living in New Orleans. The reader is gifted with a multicultural approach to the global appeal of sourdough and how common it really is the world over. I appreciated the way the author presented the recipes, using easy to follow directions along with photographs. I've never been able to bake break before with any measure of success. No more. Thanks to Bryan Ford, I can now say, I'm a bread baker. Thank you so much! A marvelous book for novices and experienced bakers alike.
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The way Bryan talks about bread and technique is so joy filled that it spreads to you. I love bread and making it but have always felt like I wouldn't enjoy making sourdough but I'm now eager to try it out through Bryan's recipes and techniques. I am buying my own hard copy of Bryan's book and will definitely be suggesting it to everyone I know that is interested in bread making. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my digital review copy.
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This was a great read - especially because the author is trying to make baking less stressful, and that was the best part of me (since I find it very stressful). I feel finally ready to make a sourdough starter.

Great tips on technique and on how to make a starter. Awesome recipes too.
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A very timely book seeing that everyone has taken up baking during COVID-19. Though short, this book gives some great tips on how to make sourdough,  the types of flour to use, and how to make a starter and keep it going, a crucial step in bread making.  Besides the fermented breads, the second part of the book covers sweet and savory artisian breads. An essential book for the breadmakers out there.
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for making this digital ARC available. This review can be found on my Goodreads page, also.
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I loved reading this book. The photos were drool worthy, the recipes seemed straightforward, and the read was enjoyable. I’ve discovered, however, that I’m still incapable of creating a sourdough starter and keeping it alive  whether it’s generated from wild yeast or from a dried culture. If I ever create a living starter I’m definitely keeping this book in mind to come back to. Thanks for the salivating pictures.
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There are books that make my knees weak, New World Sourdough is one of them. Why? Well, it’s about baking. To be precise, it’s about baking bread. If you thought that the Romance or Sci-Fi aisle in the bookshop would turn me into a roaring book dragon, you should see me in the baking section. I love cookbooks, mais j’adore les livres pâtisserie.

Bryan Ford’s goal is to make baking bread more natural, to enjoy the process of creating your own loafs as well as the flavours of the finished product. He takes you through the steps of preparing your sourdough starter, proofing and baking your bread. Each recipe that follows the basic instructions part is explained in detailed steps, including how to prepare the starter for this specific bread.

There are recipes for rustic breads like Olive and Parmesan Bread and Ciabatta and Pretzel Buns and Pizza Dough; and recipes for enriched breads like Pan de Coco and Brioche and Bananas Foster and Pineapple Beignets, and so many more recipes in between those mentioned here.

Before I am salivating into the keyboard, I’m going to close this now. Let me just tell you, I ordered a copy of the book when I was about halfway through the proofing your bread section, which means I hadn’t even read the actual recipes yet. The book is in high demand at the moment, but that means I’ll get a freshly printed copy in a few weeks, which I intend to break in by making the flambé version of the Bananas Foster.
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An excellent book on how to start a sourdough mix and then 35 different recipes to follow once you have your starter.

Also includes techniques and how to get started.  Plenty of colour photography throughout.

I received this book from Netgalley in return for a honest review.
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I was excited to read the book New World Sourdough because being in quarantine due to Covid -19, I had a lot of time on my hands and I decided to take up sourdough bread making. This book was so much more than a regular cookbook. The recipes are different from a lot of sourdough bread recipes I have used in the past. Each recipe is detailed, every step is laid out as well as why each step is important. Sour dough bread making can be intimidating especially for someone who has no experience in making any type of bread, this book has simple recipes as well as more complex ones taking the fear out of the bread making process. I enjoyed making the sourdough English muffins, they were perfection. If you are new to sourdough and the art of making it, this book is a perfect place to start.
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