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The Sourdough School: The ground-breaking guide to making gut-friendly bread
By (Author) Vanessa Kimbell
Octopus Publishing Group
Kyle Books
10th April 2018
5th April 2018
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Cookery for specific diets and conditions
641.815
Hardback
208
Width 216mm, Height 254mm, Spine 22mm
925g
'Master the art of sourdough with Vanessa and you will learn how to look after your own gut microbes and health.' - Tim Spector, author of THE DIET MYTH
At her renowned Sourdough School, Vanessa has taught countless students the secrets of this healthy, more easily digestible bread, and now she has compiled her teachings for the home baker. From creating your own starter from scratch, you'll then move on to basic breadmaking techniques, before progressing to using sprouted grains and experimenting with flavours to produce Fig and Earl Grey and Cherry Plum loaves. With step-by-step photography, detailed instructions, specialist advice and Vanessa's indispensable encouragement, The Sourdough School celebrates the timeless craft of artisan baking.Vanessa won't just teach you to make Sourdough bread, she will blow you away with how you can incorporate it into your everyday baking.
Vaness is the Queen of SourdoughVanessa Kimbell runs The Sourdough School in Northamptonshire, where she teaches sourdough breadmaking and baking classes to students from around the world. A regular BBC radio journalist in the UK, she is a third generation baker of Italian descent and trained in several French bakeries.
Instagram: @vanessakimbell @sourdoughschool