Baking Artisan Bread with Natural Starters

"Readers can learn to create (at home) their own starters: San Francisco Sourdough, French Levain, Rye, and Biga, the Italian pre-ferment. With these starters and pre-ferment, they can hand-mix, form, and bake artisan breads. In four clearly organized chapters, Farm to Market bread master Mark Friend guides aspiring bakers from starter to warm, aromatic baked bread. After you learn the four core recipes, there are variations for each to add to your baking repertoire"--Adapted from back cover.;What you need to get started -- Natural starters and bread baking -- Eight steps to baking: artisan bread the Farm to Market way -- San Francisco sourdough -- Levain, the French natural leaven -- Rye -- Biga, the Italian pre-ferment. The expert baker behind Kansas City’s Farm to Market Bread Co. shares his natural starter secrets in this complete guide to baking artisanal bread. There’s nothing quite like the pure, simple pleasure of freshly baked bread. And few bakers know bread like Mark Friend, founder of Kansas City’s Farm to Market Bread Company. For more than twenty-five years, Kansas Citians have enjoyed Mark’s fresh-baked creations. Now he teaches you how to bake their own artisanal sourdough, levain, rye, and biga at home. The key to achieving the full-bodied flavor of great bread is using a healthy, naturally fermented starter. Using four core recipes, Mark guides you from pre-fermented starter to warm, aromatic finish. He then offers variations to each recipe, allowing you to expand your baking repertoire. For over twenty years, Kansas Citians have enjoyed the full-bodied, wholesome flavor of Farm to Market Bread. Now readers can learn to bake their own artisanal sourdough, levain, rye, and biga at home. In four clearly organized chapters, Farm to Market bread master Mark Friend guides aspiring bakers from starter to warm, aromatic finish. After you master the four core recipes, there are variations for each to add to your baking repertoire.