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Erik Fabian talks with Jennifer Lapidus about her cookbook: Southern Ground: Reclaiming Flavor Through Stone-Milled Flour. Jennifer Lapidus is the founder and principal of Carolina Ground flour mill in western North Carolina. In 1994, she launched Natural Bridge Bakery just outside Asheville, NC, where she milled her flours in-house and baked her naturally leavened breads in a wood-fired brick oven for 14 years. Jennifer now sits on the board of Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and is co-organizer of the Asheville Bread Festival.Carolina Ground offers a range of locally-grown and ground pastry, bread, and rye flour that are used in bakeries from VA to Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and support a network of organic farmers, bakers, and millers invested in sustainable food systems.Southern Ground traces the history of Jennifer's mill and the network she helped build. Celebrating the work of craft bakers from all over the South the book includes more than seventy-five recipes arranged by grain. It is a love letter to Southern baking and a call for the home baker to understand the source and makeup of their most important ingredient: flour.We talk about tips for baking with fresh, stone-ground flour, creating community around projects and the history of the local flour economy in the Southeastern United States.Where to buy Jennifer's book:https://carolinaground.com/flourshop/southerngroundMore about Jennifer Lapidus:carolinaground.comIG: @carolinagroundMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Erik Fabian talks with Miro van Vreckem about first cookbook: Sourdough Baking Book: From Sourdough Starter to Stunning Breads and Pastries. Miro van Vreckem is a Belgian baker at Norway’s Elt Bakeri...founded in 2022 in the mountain village of Sollia, on the edge of the Rondane, a national park, sells bread, pastries and pizza. In 2024, Elt was named one of the top bakeries in Norway.His new book traces sourdough’s journey “from flour to crumb,” beginning with organic farmers growing grain and millers transforming it into flour. It provides step-by-step guidance for creating sourdough starter from scratch, with recipes for crusty loaves, pastries, and sweet and savory applications.We discuss what inspired this Belgian baker to move to Norway, his path to founding Elt Bakeri in the mountain village of Sollia and how his book is helping create a new culture of bread in his adopted home...and of course his sourdough baking tips.Where to buy Miro's book:www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Sourdough-Baking-Book/Miro-Van-Vreckem/9789059960725More about Miro van Vreckem:eltbakeri.noIG: @eltbakeriMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Erik Fabian talks with Henry Hunter about his self-published collection of baking books including: Sourdough for the Rest of Us and Bread: A Journey Through History, Science, Art, and Community. Henry Hunter, an artisan bread baker, cookbook author, and founder of the Baking Great Bread at Home community...where over 38,000 members gather to discuss all things bread baking.Sourdough for the Rest of Us invites us to forget the sourdough snobbery and to bake great bread without the stress. Whether you're just getting started or tired of conflicting advice, Sourdough for the Rest of Us breaks down the process in plain, no-nonsense terms so you can bake with confidence.Bread: A Journey Through History, Science, Art, and Community collects Henry's thoughts on humanity's most fundamental food technology...bread. From the first accidentally fermented grain paste to today's artisan sourdough, bread has been our constant companion through history, culture, and community. This book explores not just how to bake bread, but why bread matters—scientifically, culturally, and personally.We talk about tips for teaching and learning sourdough baking, self-publishing cookbooks, using technology to help create recipes and what make bread such a powerful cultural symbol.Where to buy Henry's books:bakinggreatbread.com/booksMore about Henry Hunter:bakinggreatbread.comIG: @bakinggreatbreadMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Erik Fabian talks with Emily Christensen about her new book: Same Day Sourdough. Emily Christensen is a self-taught sourdough baker and the creator of Country Roads Sourdough, where she shares approachable recipes for home bakers. What started as a creative outlet quickly turned into a full-time passion, teaching others how to bake naturally leavened breads, cookies, snacks, and more. Today, her sourdough recipes are baked in kitchens all over the world. Emily lives in Indiana with her husband and two boys, where there’s always something baking in the oven. Same Day Sourdough is the ultimate guide for busy bakers who want fresh, naturally leavened bread and sourdough discard recipes in a single day. With 60 tried-and-true recipes for breads, etc … this cookbook is designed to help you fit sourdough baking into your everyday life.We talk about tips for making same-day sourdough, making the decision to self-publish a cookbook, baking with kids and how to sneak sourdough into everything.Where to buy Same Day Sourdough:countryroadssourdough.comMore about Emily Christensen:countryroadssourdough.comIG: @countryroadssourdoughMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Erik Fabian talks with Rachel Pardoe about her new book: Sourdough Everything: Sweet and Savory Recipes for Beautiful Breads and Other Bakes Rachel Pardoe is an Ottawa-based home baker who describes herself as a longtime baking enthusiast and chronic doodler.Rachel discovered the joy of baking sourdough during the pandemic and now inspires bakers around the world with her sourdough experiments, recipes, and use of sourdough bread as a form of artistic expression on her social media accounts - Sourdough Enzo.Sourdough Everything features over 70 recipes including raisin bread, pumpkin chocolate rolls, French crullers, and pretzels with thorough coverage of starter care and technique progression from beginner through advanced levels. We talk about creating her first book, the many ways to use sourdough and tips for creating artistic loaves.Where to buy Sourdough Everything:Penguin Random HouseMore about Rachel Pardoe:sourdoughenzo.comIG: @sourdough_enzoMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

We are back for a new season of interviews with authors of sourdough cookbooks.Erik Fabian, home baker, cookbook lover and co-founder of Sourhouse will be speaking with a crew of first time cookbook authors this season about getting their books made, their recipes and the impact they have had (or hope to have) with their books.Check out this trailer for a preview of what is to come.---More About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseFree Download: Sourhouse Community CookbookWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to [email protected] This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. --Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Join Erik Fabian for a season 1 wrap up of the Bake This Book podcast.What trends emerged this season?Will there be another season?Any final tips for bakers?Give this final episode a listen and find out.More About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

We circle up for a special 2025 holiday gift guide episode for anyone shopping for sourdough cookbooks this year.Erik Fabian is joined by Brandon Cochran (@sourdoughbrandon) and Andra Stefanescu (@sourdough_explained) for a discussion of what makes a good cookbook.We make our cookbook gift picks for new and experienced bakers as well as those wanting to get into sourdough pizza.If a baker you love is on your holiday gift list this year, this episode is for you.More from Brandon Cochran:sourdoughbrandon.comIG: @sourdoughbrandonMore from Andra Stefanescu:IG: @sourdough_explainedMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseSourhouse Gift Guide (2025): sourhouse.co/giftguideWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Erik Fabian talks with Daniel Leader about his latest book: A Slow Rise: Favorite Recipes from Four Decades of Baking with Heart.Daniel Leader is the founder of Bread Alone Bakery in New York state. A sourdough baking pioneer, he has written cookbooks for over 25 years including: Bread Alone: Bold Fresh Loaves from Your Own Hands and the James Beard Award winning Living Bread.A Slow Rise charts the history of Bread Alone and showcases its most beloved recipes. From revolutionizing artisan bread making in the eighties to operating the country’s first carbon-neutral bakery today, Bread Alone has existed at the cutting edge of bread and pastry for over forty years. Across more than sixty recipes, Leader teaches you to bake with your senses, have patience, and form an almost meditative practice in the kitchen.We talk about his books, how the culture of sourdough baking has changed in the last 30 years and how to learn professional baking secrets from bakers.Where to buy A Slow Rise:danleader.com/booksMore about Daniel Leader:danleader.comIG: @danmakesbread & @breadalonebakeryMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Erik Fabian talks with Jennifer Yoko Olson about the newly released and expanded 4th edition of the Sourhouse Community Cookbook.Erik and Jenny co-founded Sourhouse and created the original version of the Sourhouse Community Cookbook as a bonus for the 1200+ Kickstarter backers that supported their first campaign. It has since been downloaded over 200k times and now in it's 4th edition to over 70 pages of sourdough recipes and tips contributed by the Sourhouse community.Jenny is an industrial designer whose work has been featured in Design Milk, Core 77 and Fast Company. She has created projects for Thinx, Starry, and Base 10 Furniture. Jenny is a homebaker in search for the perfect loaf. She eats natto everyday.We talk about how the Sourhouse Community Cookbook was developed over the years, the design choices we made and about Jenny's views on design and baking.More About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Erik Fabian talks with Aran Goyoaga about her new book: The Art of Gluten-Free Bread.Aran Goyoaga is a fourth-generation baker, cookbook author, food stylist, and photographer. She is three-times James Beard award-nominated recipe developer and food blogger.Her blog Cannelle et Vanille has been featured in many publications such as New York Times, Washington Post, Food 52, Martha Stewart, Good Morning America, Bon Appetit, Saveur, Seattle Times, CNN, and many more.Aran was born in Bil-bao (Spain’s Basque Country) to a family of pastry chefs and farmers. She moved to the United States in her early 20s where she trained to become a professional pastry chef. After a few years working in fine-dining professional kitchens, she turned to food styling and photography. Aran resides in Seattle with her husband and two children.The Art of Gluten-Free Bread shares Aran's secrets to the perfect gluten-free loaf, and offers 100 recipes for the breads and pastries that those with gluten-intolerance dearly miss. Think biscuits, bagels, and the flakiest croissants. This will be your gluten-free bread bible.We talk about her book, about making cookbooks today, about using gluten-free flours to expand the flavors of our sourdough breads, and her background in pastry.Where to buy The Art of Gluten-Free Bread:arangoyoaga.com/cookbooksMore about Aran Goyoaga:arangoyoaga.comIG: @cannellevanilleMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Erik Fabian talks with Jonathan Stevens about this book: Hungry Ghost Bread Book: An Offbeat Bakery's Guide to Crafting Sourdough Loaves, Flatbreads, Crackers, Scones, and More.Jonathan Stevens has been a bread baker for over thirty years. His baking journey took him from stay-at-home dad, to cottage business to co-founding Hungry Ghost Bread in 2004 Northampton, MA with Cheryl Maffie. Hungry Ghost Bread has been nominated for a James Beard Award six times and has become an essential meeting place and source of excellent bread in their community.Hungry Ghost Bread Book is his long-awaited, much-debated, deeply-fermented collection of bread and pastry recipes, techniques, production schedules, grain meanderings and a handful of poems. It is what 20 plus years of practicing the craft has refined: an approach to bread that emphasizes flavor, nutrition and connection to farmers, millers, eaters and the whole (pre-) history of wheat.We talk about his book, about making cookbooks today, about poetry, and lots of nuances of making sourdough "that bites back".Where to buy Hungry Ghost Bread Book: An Offbeat Bakery's Guide to Crafting Sourdough Loaves, Flatbreads, Crackers, Scones, and More:https://hungryghostbread.com/bread-book/Bookshop.orgMore about Jonathan Stevens:hungryghostbread.comIG: @hungryghostbreadFree Poetry by Jonathan: https://hungryghostbread.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BreadPoems_JonathanStevens.pdfJonathan's music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/69sr8Mor7LmBMIcboo7l5bMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Erik Fabian talks with Amy Coyne about her new book: The Beginner’s Guide to Sourdough: Best-Kept Secrets for Successful Bread Every Time.Amy Coyne is a recipe developer who has been baking sourdough for over a decade and is the creator of Amy Bakes Bread, where she shares sourdough tips and recipes. Known for her beginner-friendly sourdough masterclass and family-friendly recipes, Amy has years of experience teaching others how to make their own natural yeast bread. She currently resides in Kentucky with her family.Her book features 50 family-friendly recipes organized to optimize success, with each chapter allowing readers to master different elements of sourdough. The book includes step-by-step photos, QR codes linked to video tutorials, temperature timelines, and sourdough starter ratio tables. It covers everything from basic loaves to artisanal favorites like Everything Bagel Loaves and Chocolate Cherry Sourdough, plus a chapter on discard recipes.We talk about her book, teaching sourdough to new bakers, making sourdough, her how she got started with sourdough baking.Where to buy The Beginner’s Guide to Sourdough: Best-Kept Secrets for Successful Bread Every Time:amybakesbread.com/cookbooksMore About Amy Coyne: amybakesbread.comIG: @amybakesbreadMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send you feedback & suggestions to [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Erik Fabian talks with Sarah Owens about the 10th anniversary of her James Beard Award winning cookbook: Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and MoreSarah is a horticulturist, sourdough instructor, and cookbook author who specializes in fermentation and sourdough. The new edition expands on her acclaimed work with rustic fermented breads, sweets, and savory applications, incorporating her deep knowledge of both horticulture and fermentation science.We talk about her book, the impact it has had on her and the sourdough community, making sourdough, her next book and how the culture of sourdough baking has changed over the last 10 years.---Where to buy Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More:shambhala.comBookshop.orgAmazonMore About Sarah Owens: ritualfinefoods.comIG: @sarah_c_owensMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC. 

Join Erik Fabian, home baker, cookbook lover and co-founder of Sourhouse, for the first season of Bake This Book.We talk with authors of sourdough cookbooks about their books, their inspiration, sourdough baking and culture.---More About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseFree Download: Sourhouse Community CookbookWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to [email protected] This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC.