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sararose_cozy's review
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Ten Speed Press for this ARC. This is my honest review.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars.
Ken Forkish with Sarah Becan have created a beautifully made comic book cookbook! Bread can be a tricky thing to master, and since I’m a visual learner, but videos are too fast for me, this is PERFECT for me. It gives all the science and need-to-know information of bread baking in simple language and easy to follow steps while being shown what you need to do. With information from the equipment, measurements, temperatures, type of ingredients, how to make a sourdough starter and finally a good handful of bread recipes!
The first recipe is basically the “foundational” recipe where once you get the hang of that, the other ones just build on top of that.
I tried this recipe and thought I had messed it up, but it WORKED. AND TURNED OUT GREAT! I thought the first bread usually turns out bad, but this helped me so much that it turned out great!
This is a great beginner’s handbook and I wish I had the physical copy! I almost want to get up and start baking bread NOW!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars.
Ken Forkish with Sarah Becan have created a beautifully made comic book cookbook! Bread can be a tricky thing to master, and since I’m a visual learner, but videos are too fast for me, this is PERFECT for me. It gives all the science and need-to-know information of bread baking in simple language and easy to follow steps while being shown what you need to do. With information from the equipment, measurements, temperatures, type of ingredients, how to make a sourdough starter and finally a good handful of bread recipes!
The first recipe is basically the “foundational” recipe where once you get the hang of that, the other ones just build on top of that.
I tried this recipe and thought I had messed it up, but it WORKED. AND TURNED OUT GREAT! I thought the first bread usually turns out bad, but this helped me so much that it turned out great!
This is a great beginner’s handbook and I wish I had the physical copy! I almost want to get up and start baking bread NOW!
bargainsleuth's review
4.0
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Thanks to Ten Speed Graphic Books and NetGalley for a complimentary digital ARC of this book. I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I was blessed to have my mother teach me how to stay closer to my food sources in many ways including having a large garden, canning and dehydrating foods, but breadmaking wasn’t one of them. My oldest brother, who has always enjoyed cooking and baking, has an IG page called Flute Reed Ovens that showcases his incredible works with breads. I recently decided to try my hand at making sourdough and other artisan breads because we had been enjoying loaves from a grocery store’s bakery. The prices were $2.99 a loaf just over a year ago, and now they’re $5-$6.
This comic book cookbook is a good introduction to breadmaking in an accessible, visual way. I appreciate that as I am definitely a more visual learner. This is the first bread book I’ve read (I have several checked out from the library to tackle), and it seems to cover the basics fairly well. I found it interesting that only one bread option uses a mixer. I mean, I’ve had my Kitchen Aid stand mixer for 26 years and have yet to use the dough hook, and I was looking forward to it. I’m not quite sure my arthritic hands can handle all the kneading that needs to be done the way the book describes, so maybe the book isn’t as accessible as I thought. YMMV.
There are two different methods to making breads featured in Let’s Make Bread! In a standard loaf pan, or a Dutch Oven. I liked that both methods were featured, as some types of bread I wish to make I don’t want in rectangular loaf form. There are a few pieces of equipment I need/can’t substitute with what I have on hand, so I can’t practically say how good the recipes are as I haven’t made any, but the recipes are pretty straight-forward.
With a massive influx of “homesteaders” and “preppers” appearing in my social media feeds these days, this comic book cookbook is a good introduction to the making of artisan breads that many people might not normally think they can do. Props also to illustrator Sarah Becan for her easy-to-understand graphics.
Thanks to Ten Speed Graphic Books and NetGalley for a complimentary digital ARC of this book. I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I was blessed to have my mother teach me how to stay closer to my food sources in many ways including having a large garden, canning and dehydrating foods, but breadmaking wasn’t one of them. My oldest brother, who has always enjoyed cooking and baking, has an IG page called Flute Reed Ovens that showcases his incredible works with breads. I recently decided to try my hand at making sourdough and other artisan breads because we had been enjoying loaves from a grocery store’s bakery. The prices were $2.99 a loaf just over a year ago, and now they’re $5-$6.
This comic book cookbook is a good introduction to breadmaking in an accessible, visual way. I appreciate that as I am definitely a more visual learner. This is the first bread book I’ve read (I have several checked out from the library to tackle), and it seems to cover the basics fairly well. I found it interesting that only one bread option uses a mixer. I mean, I’ve had my Kitchen Aid stand mixer for 26 years and have yet to use the dough hook, and I was looking forward to it. I’m not quite sure my arthritic hands can handle all the kneading that needs to be done the way the book describes, so maybe the book isn’t as accessible as I thought. YMMV.
There are two different methods to making breads featured in Let’s Make Bread! In a standard loaf pan, or a Dutch Oven. I liked that both methods were featured, as some types of bread I wish to make I don’t want in rectangular loaf form. There are a few pieces of equipment I need/can’t substitute with what I have on hand, so I can’t practically say how good the recipes are as I haven’t made any, but the recipes are pretty straight-forward.
With a massive influx of “homesteaders” and “preppers” appearing in my social media feeds these days, this comic book cookbook is a good introduction to the making of artisan breads that many people might not normally think they can do. Props also to illustrator Sarah Becan for her easy-to-understand graphics.
twicomb's review
informative
lighthearted
5.0
The comic book about baking bread that you never knew you needed, and are going to love. Seriously, this is one of those ideas that turns out to be brilliant, because it's not only fun, it's actually extremely useful. I know a bit about baking breads and there will still a lot of useful stuff in here for my reference. I can only imagine how great this would be for someone who is new to bread-baking. Best of all, because it's a graphic novel, it's about as non-intimidating as you can get. And you can see exactly what is happening Every Single Step Of The Way.
Note: this book will teach you how to make yeast breads and sourdough breads, i.e. "slow breads" that take several hours (or even more). This isn't about "quick breads" like banana bread, coffee cake, beer bread, etc. Those are all delicious too, but they're significantly easier than slow breads, so if you want to make one of those, you can pretty much just google a recipe and go to town. This book will help you out with the sometimes-very-complex process of those slow-but-incredibly-delicious breads. I promise, you really can make them. And this book can help.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this eARC for unbiased review.
Note: this book will teach you how to make yeast breads and sourdough breads, i.e. "slow breads" that take several hours (or even more). This isn't about "quick breads" like banana bread, coffee cake, beer bread, etc. Those are all delicious too, but they're significantly easier than slow breads, so if you want to make one of those, you can pretty much just google a recipe and go to town. This book will help you out with the sometimes-very-complex process of those slow-but-incredibly-delicious breads. I promise, you really can make them. And this book can help.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this eARC for unbiased review.
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