Artisan Sourdough at Home: A Complete Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide to Baking Rustic Breads, Sweet Treats, and Savory Loaves from Your Own Starter (The Artisan Baking Collection)

I love sourdough so much, but have always been intimidated by the baking process. Artisan Sourdough makes it feel doable and gives the information and instructions for any level to make it happen. I appreciated the troubleshooting tips ahead of time and the tips on things I wouldn't have thought of, such as kitchen temp. And the recipes are of course, great and also diverse.

Sourdough never tasted so good! With the Artisan Sourdough at Home breadbook, I learned the basics of sourdough breadmaking and gained helpful tips to become an official baker! I was happy to see a number of different recipes I can't wait to sink my teeth into. Fresh bread is the way to go!

Artisan Sourdough are Home is a great book for anyone getting started making sourdough. The recipes are really simple and easy to understand.

Artisan Sourdough at Home turns an intimidating craft into an achievable, confidence-building experience. Clear instructions, helpful photos, and practical troubleshooting make sourdough feel approachable from day one. Mistakes are treated as part of learning, not failure. The variety of breads and zero-waste ideas make baking rewarding, relaxing, and genuinely enjoyable for beginners.

What a great gift for my mom, my mom loves baking bread and has been looking for new recipes. She is always telling me about the process including proofing and sourdough starter. After I read this book I felt much more well-equipped to speak with her about baking!

Great recipes I have already tried half and they all turned out great.

I regret buying this book—it feels very generic and low effort. The recipes are basic and nothing you can’t easily find online for free. All the images are AI-generated, which makes me question if the author actually made any of these. The writing also feels generic and not very authentic. There’s no real explanation of sourdough techniques or how things actually work. No images of the process either. It doesn’t teach you anything useful, especially as a beginner.

This book is great! It’s organized perfectly and the recipes! I’m thrilled to try some of these recipes. However I don’t agree that a starter can be established in 7 days. I also don’t think all the gadgets are necessary for a beginner but other than that this is a great option for a gift or just to get more information on sourdough.

Wow! Everything you need to know about sourdough baking with detailed instructions. I was looking for a book to get started and was not expecting such a wide variety of recipes and such clear directions. I am looking forward to my sourdough journey. I now have a great guide.

When I was a boy of about five, I had an auntie. ‘Aunt Angelina’ had been a signals operator during WWII, and she’d retired to Neasden, where she’d become known locally as ‘Ma Baker.’ She was renowned for her bread, which she sold to people who came knocking at her door at odd hours. For a long time, I never saw any of that bread, but I did accidentally find out where she made it. One evening, she was chatting to my mother about someone called ‘Iron Lung Eddie’, who also made bread, and with whom she’d had a few ‘run-ins’, some of them (apparently) quite violent. Anyway, I went on an impromptu exploration of her house, and eventually, I found myself in the cellar. It was much bigger than I expected, and the glare of the arc lights almost blinded me. Aunt Angelina/ Ma Baker wasn’t very pleased. My mum gave me a right ear-bashing. But later, to cheer me up, I was given some of Aunt Angelina’s famous sourdough. Let’s just say, in the words of the cliché, it ‘blew my mind’. My God, I didn’t know bread could be this good! They told me there was a lot more where that came from if I just kept schtum about the bakery. Sourdough was a very intricate business, full of closely guarded secrets. Ever since, I’ve been on the hunt for sourdough books. This is an excellent one, and I’m really looking forward to using it. You could actually live on the recipes in here, plus water. I’m not joking: there’s actually a recipe for a topping called “‘Vitamin Bomb’ Herb Paste.” Leanna Yarson’s a genius. Anyway, I never did get any more of Aunt Angelina’s sourdough. She left Britain quite suddenly, just after Iron Lung Eddie was found floating face-down in the Thames. The Neasden bread operation was taken over by a chap called Knuckleduster Nobby, who – so it was said – ‘you didn’t want to mess with.’ So I never tasted any of his sourdough either.

This guide makes sourdough feel achievable rather than intimidating. The step by step instructions, troubleshooting tips, and clear photos helped me understand starter care, proofing, and baking with confidence. I also appreciated the range of recipes and practical ideas that make the process enjoyable. A reliable, encouraging resource for anyone starting their sourdough journey.