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Beautiful rustic book

Recensito in Italia il 1 luglio 2020

This is a really beautiful book in terms of its appearance and something that I love to see on my bookshelf! The content is priceless, really valuable. It helped me to understand sourdough and how it all works and it has great formulae for various types of bread. I find, practically, that I tend to use the same formula all the time so you'd want to be more exciting than me to get the most out of this book...

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Zelda

confusionale

Recensito in Italia il 7 maggio 2020

Il libro ha bisogno di essere pesantemente editato. nonostante 30 anni come homebaker e una laurea in ingegneria faccio ratica a seguire le istruzioni, ovviamente perché sono contrastanti tra loro. dopo un paragrafo che spiega una cosa, il prossimo dice l'esatto contrario. gli do ancora un paio di giorni di rilettura, se non riesco a chiarire i concetti faccio il reso, nonostante l'evidente expertise dell'autrice del libro.

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Willow

Beautiful book - but makes it all complicated

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 9 maggio 2018

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Bought after good review in Waitrose weekend newspaper, and a love of Sourdough bread (and a desire to have a go at making it myself).
Lovely looking book - but for me, who wanted just a straight A - Z guide and recipe, this is too complicated, with the theory explained, general steps, then individual recipes at back (not great having to keep turning pages back and forth with doughy hands!)
Should have just looked at videos on YouTube - which I have now had to do, which were easier to follow.

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Saladgirl

Overly Complicated for Beginners but a Great Reference Book

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 20 giugno 2018

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I wanted to love this book... I really did! At first, I liked its coffee table appeal of artsy, hipster photos and earthy rusticity. However after reading it from cover to cover then putting it into practice, I have come to loath it! It's so overly complicated and disjointed with 'step by step' approaches that then lead abstractly back to other pages. This clearly is not a beginner book, so maybe if you already have the theory of sourdough firmly grasped then the extra information should be useful to you. I made my first loaf today but ended up having to refer to websites and videos and used their methods and techniques and a much easier 'no knead' recipe instead. It turned out great!

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Urban Scrawl

ARRRRHHHH!!

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 14 aprile 2019

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I'm so frustrated with this book!!!!
It really deserves a 5 star review with all the information provided, as Vanessa is so generous with her information. She really does want you to make the PERFECT loaf of delicious sourdough. I'd love to take her class. I've learned some great tips which I look forward to using - like making and baking your own malts, also keeping my starter and leaven separate ( I had been bulking up my starter to use as leaven and then putting it back in the fridge).

The 3 editors on this project (3!!!!) all need to look for other jobs. I wonder if they used this book to bake some sourdough? Instead, the editorial team have created an unworkable structure that takes any pleasure from baking and turning it into the worst kind of school imaginable! There is little to no reference between text and instructional photos - causing confusion about what to do next.

What this needs is a radical presentation overhaul. What bakers want is to start baking. I would have loved to have turned to page one and have those simple steps to start the basic recipe. Instead there is information overload and overwhelm! Following on from this, another recommendation is to include more advanced loaves including the new information where necessary. And please please please eliminate the need to hold 3 or 4 chapters in the book open at once while trying to bake: the recipe is on one page - the timings and schedule in another section - the techniques elsewhere!! ARRRRGHHHH! My last recommendation is that the technical information to read at your leisure is at the back of the book.

I've been baking sourdough for the last 3 years and I was almost on the point of giving up until I found Tartine Bread by Robertson. That provided exactly the step by step process that I needed and that this book abandons. Come back here when you need another nudge.

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Dinah U

Disappointed

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 3 dicembre 2018

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There are so many good reviews about this book but frankly I found it rather full of faff. I feel it makes sourdough sound ridiculously complicated and whilst I accept that a true aficionado might want to be obsessive about every little detail, you can make a really good, tasty sourdough loaf by putting starter in with flour, water, salt and whatever else you choose, knead, leave overnight, knock back, leave to rise again, bake and voila, one tasty loaf without a lot of fuss.

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N. J. Bjergstrom

Extremely poorly written. The author should stick to baking.

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 14 aprile 2020

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This is one of the most poorly written books I have ever read, a great shame because the author is covering an interesting subject and appears to be a good craftsman. A writer, however, she is not. The book has little overall structure, is plagued by non-sequiturs, contradictions and sentences that simply do not make any sense. It look like a hodgepodge of short notes assembled into a book supplemented by information attainable by searching the Internet for a few seconds. The reason all this is a shame is that if you care to sift through the guff there are real pearls to be found (which is why I give it two stars rather than only one). This is could have been a very good book, so it such a missed opportunity. My advice to the author is that to rescue this project she should team up with a good writer to work as co-author, one who masters the language, has a sound grasp of book structure and understands the subject matter. Also, a technical book does not benefit from bouts of political rants. They just leave a seriously unprofessional impression. The material is there - the work just needs to be done properly.

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Jasper

Not for beginners..............

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 23 aprile 2022

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The author clearly has a passion for making sourdough bread and also has a sound scientific understanding of the processes involved.

The question for beginners is just how much knowledge do they need in order to start their sourdough journey?

This book bombards the reader with complexity and information overload from the very beginning. I wouldn't mind if the information given was consistent but sometimes it isn't.

For example, the author describes the benefits of a two stage "autolysis" process; stage one with just flour and water; stage two with the addition of the leaven. In the next breath she says "Why do we tend to autolyse with leaven at the school? Mainly because I have seen no visible difference between autolysing before and after adding leaven."

Why complicate matters by repeatedly mentioning a process which the author states they don't actually use!

The layout of the book is a nightmare and might be justly considered "half baked." Sorry, I'll get my coat......

The beginning of the book details the major processes involved in breadmaking but the part of the book that has the actual bread recipes doesn't have much more in it other than the weights of the ingredients. To actually produce a loaf of bread the reader has to constantly flick backwards and forwards in the book. This is very frustrating and increases the likelyhood of a beginner making a critical mistake.

The book is beautiful to look at but I would not recommend it for bakers just starting their sourdough journey.

I note that the author has released another sourdough book "10-Minute Sourdough: Breadmaking for Real Life." I haven't read this book yet but perhaps it was written with a view to correcting some of the obvious issues for beginners with the earlier work.

I enjoyed certain aspects of this book, particularly the authors personal relationship with sourdough. As a useful tool for reliably producing bread it left me a little flat. Perhaps as flat as some of my loaves.........

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Stuart Parkinson, Eliffile

Great cover, but goes moderately downhill thereafter

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 10 maggio 2022

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I hate writing anything other than "this is a must-read" about a book. After all, authors put so much into writing them. And this book so much "looks the part" when you see its cover. Venture inside, however, and things quickly become complicated, confusing even. I am still not quite sure where things stand when it comes to creating your starter and feeding it, and I must have read the relevant sections at least half a dozen times. I have learnt about autolysing (mixing salt in water before adding it), to be fair. A specific low point (for me) was the bit about having apparently to know the farmer who made your wheat personally, so that you can be most sure of its quality.

In the end, then, this is one of those unfortunate books where it seems more about the author telling you how complicated everything is as opposed to the author helping you to do things for yourself.

Still a great cover, though.

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Nilaco

Coffee table book

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 10 gennaio 2021

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I really wanted to like this book. I studied it for ages, dutifully downloaded and printed the sourdough schedule sheet, and meticulously planned my first ever sourdough. However when it actually came to making it, the timings on the schedule didn't align with what was being said in the book and sometimes even contradicted eachother, especially when it came to the mixing and autolysing. They layout of the book is incredibly frustrating as you're having to constantly flick back and forth for the recipe and the techniques. I think it would be useful to have a 'beginners' chapter where they go through everything step by step in a clear and consise way (without all the flowery descriptions and science behind stuff). The recipes do look nice in this book, but it will probably remain a coffee-table book while I gain experience in sourdough making using a different source for learning.

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Luis

Good as a coffee table book

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 31 agosto 2018

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Like some of the other comments say, this book is beautiful to look at, however, I have a few issues with it:
- I've read half of it and already found a few typos
- Incorrect page number references
- Author contradicts herself a number of times
- The random glyphosate rant. Does the author realise that this chemical is classified in the same carcinogenic group as for example tea and red meat? A ban on this chemical will lead to use of other lesser-known and less-tested herbicides given that the vast majority of the world's population cannot afford to buy organic. Anyway, this is not the place for a debate and neither is this book.

Some very nice flavour combinations in the recipes but nothing that can't be found online with a bit of research.

This time I'll be returning it.

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BBT...

Not for beginners...

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 4 dicembre 2019

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I also wanted to love this book but found it really hard. I have an adhd brain, so have no need to add extra distractions. Too many words, not enough commas & full stops. I hear that a new book is coming out, jointly written by the Tivoli Bakery dude, I just hope they use his editor!

Happily, I went on a microbakery course & another Baker suggested going back to the book & it does now make more sense, now that I know more. He said it only made sense to him, after 5 days learning at a renowned school of baking.

By all means, impart the science but write simply or get a good editor. The photos are lovely, must now try the recipes.

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