Quick and Simple Homemade Sourdough: Beginner Bread Recipes by Jane Mason - Cookery - Paperback

Details. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781802421842. Publisher: Quarto Publishing Books Ltd. Overview. Quick and Simple Homemade Sourdough by Jane Mason is a beginner-friendly cookbook that strips away the mystery around sourdough baking. Written for home cooks who want achievable results, it covers everything from feeding a starter for the first time through to baking mixed grain loaves, onion and olive bread, and everyday rye. Clear instructions, honest troubleshooting advice and useful background on ingredients make this paperback a genuinely approachable introduction to artisan bread making at home.. About the Book. Sourdough has a reputation for being fiddly, but this book sets out to prove otherwise. Organised into chapters built around different styles of loaf, it guides readers through feeding and maintaining a starter, shaping dough with confidence, and managing proving times without guesswork. Each chapter offers a curated set of recipes introducing new techniques and flavours gradually, so bakers build real skills rather than being overwhelmed from day one. Jane Mason devotes a section to troubleshooting the problems that put beginners off sourdough — flat loaves, dense crumbs, sluggish starters — with clear, practical fixes. There's also helpful context on ingredients and fermentation, giving readers a better understanding of why traditional methods work. Comforting loaves sit alongside adventurous flavour ideas, so there's always another bake wo...