@gretabakes
keeping a starter alive with a day job
9 items
- 011:1:1 by weight (50g flour, 50g water, 50g starter)↗
- 02on the counter: feed once a day, but only if you're baking that week
- 03in the fridge: once a week is plenty
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bread books that actually stay on the counter covered in flour
ranked by how often each one actually gets opened, not by reputation
01
Tartine Bread (Chad Robertson)
the one that got me hooked, though the timeline assumes a kitchen warmer than mine ever is
02
Flour Water Salt Yeast (Ken Forkish)
clearest percentages of any book here, my go-to when I'm tired and just want a straight answer
03
The Bread Baker's Apprentice (Peter Reinhart)
04
Bread (Jeffrey Hamelman)
dense and a little dry but I keep going back to the formulas section, it's just correct
05
My Bread (Jim Lahey)
everyone loves the no-knead thing. I don't reach for it anymore honestly, the crust never crackled the way mine does now
06
Bread Science (Emily Buehler)
nobody else has this on their list. self published, reads like chemistry class, explained gluten better than anything above here