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"The Perfect Loaf" by Maurizio Leo is a comprehensive guide to sourdough baking that lives up to its title. With a focus on achieving exceptional results, this book provides detailed instructions and insights into creating delicious sourdough bread at home.
One of the standout features of this book is its clear and thorough explanations of sourdough techniques. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced baker, Maurizio Leo's instructions are easy to follow and yield consistent results.
The pan de mie and sourdough bread recipes in particular showcase the versatility of sourdough and its ability to create bread with exceptional flavor, texture, and crust. The success I experienced with these recipes speaks to the effectiveness of the book's guidance and the quality of the recipes themselves. See attached pictures of my first attempt at baking bread. Ever.
Overall, "The Perfect Loaf" is a must-have for anyone who wants to succeed at sourdough baking. It combines practical advice, inspiring recipes, and a wealth of knowledge that will elevate your bread-making skills and deepen your appreciation for the art of sourdough baking. Thank you, Maurizio Leo!
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A Comprehensive Handbook of Sourdough Techniques and Recipes
I came across Maurizio Leo’s website as I was searching online for information on baking sourdough bread. His website has a veritable wealth of information on all things sourdough. It was here that I discovered that Maurizio Leo had also written a book entitled, “The Perfect Loaf.” I decided to order it and immerse myself in learning about sourdough. The book is beautifully written with wonderful photography, charts and tables that help define the process of crafting sourdough bread. The author has written in amazing detail such that a novice like me can understand and put into practice the techniques required to produce beautiful and delicious sourdough. Scattered through the book are QR codes which link you to videos where the author shows you in detail how to handle and shape bread dough for various recipes. It makes the reader feel like they are in a personalized class and that you have been shown exactly how to accomplish what the recipe is telling you to do. As a retired teacher, I very much appreciate Mr. Leo’s gift for teaching the craft of sourdough via the written word as well as through auditory and visual means. If you want to learn all about sourdough this book will be invaluable! Do not hesitate to buy it! This book is quickly becoming one of the most used and valued cookbooks in my kitchen!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
One of the standout features of this book is its clear and thorough explanations of sourdough techniques. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced baker, Maurizio Leo's instructions are easy to follow and yield consistent results.
The pan de mie and sourdough bread recipes in particular showcase the versatility of sourdough and its ability to create bread with exceptional flavor, texture, and crust. The success I experienced with these recipes speaks to the effectiveness of the book's guidance and the quality of the recipes themselves. See attached pictures of my first attempt at baking bread. Ever.
Overall, "The Perfect Loaf" is a must-have for anyone who wants to succeed at sourdough baking. It combines practical advice, inspiring recipes, and a wealth of knowledge that will elevate your bread-making skills and deepen your appreciation for the art of sourdough baking. Thank you, Maurizio Leo!
The Perfect Loaf is the perfect book for baking!
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
"The Perfect Loaf" by Maurizio Leo is a comprehensive guide to sourdough baking that lives up to its title. With a focus on achieving exceptional results, this book provides detailed instructions and insights into creating delicious sourdough bread at home.Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
One of the standout features of this book is its clear and thorough explanations of sourdough techniques. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced baker, Maurizio Leo's instructions are easy to follow and yield consistent results.
The pan de mie and sourdough bread recipes in particular showcase the versatility of sourdough and its ability to create bread with exceptional flavor, texture, and crust. The success I experienced with these recipes speaks to the effectiveness of the book's guidance and the quality of the recipes themselves. See attached pictures of my first attempt at baking bread. Ever.
Overall, "The Perfect Loaf" is a must-have for anyone who wants to succeed at sourdough baking. It combines practical advice, inspiring recipes, and a wealth of knowledge that will elevate your bread-making skills and deepen your appreciation for the art of sourdough baking. Thank you, Maurizio Leo!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024
"The Perfect Loaf" is an absolute game-changer for sourdough enthusiasts! From novice bakers to seasoned pros, this book offers a comprehensive guide to mastering the art and science of sourdough bread and beyond. With clear instructions, beautiful visuals, and a deep dive into the intricacies of fermentation, it's a must-have for anyone passionate about baking. Whether you're craving crusty boules or sweet treats, this book delivers perfection every time. Highly recommended!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023
My breads were coming out pretty good but when I started really getting the breakdown with his detailed instructions and troubleshooting, problems went away!
I am getting nice crumb and excellent crust and excellent taste in my breads.
The book is easy to read and easy to follow. And yeah if you are a professional, which I am not, it is full of excellent material. Every page is full of beautiful photos as well. 431 pages, lots of photos, and even QR codes to scan with your phone that takes you right over to YouTube to see a demonstration of exactly what he is referring to in the book! The book is loaded with these instructional videos along with the text and photos for step-by-step and you cannot go wrong.
I highly recommend this book as a top notch number one must-have if you are into sourdough bread making!
Maurizio Leo has such a passion for his work. He troubleshoots and breaks everything down and provides remedies and solutions to the sourdough process. If you've been baking sourdough for any length of time, you come to the conclusion that it is a continual moving target. Since atmosphere, room temperature, strength of your levain, types of flour, quantity of water, and time - have everything to do with the end results. Maurizio takes you through the process in detail but also makes it easy to follow. Yes, there is an intuitive part to this as well which comes with experience.
The book has 431 pages including a very minimal index in the back. The content page in the front is also limited but the but has an sensible progression whereby you can find what you are looking for.
My only crit would be that it needs a more extensive index, more thorough, so that there is less time flipping to find the content but between the index and the front content, you should be able to find your answers.
The book has many other sourdough recipes including pizza, flatbread, buns, rolls, sweets, and so on. It is my go-to book for everything sourdough.
Plus Maurizio is so good about answering questions, emails and so on. He is an amazing person full of goodwill and good heart.
You cannot go wrong with this book and it is worth far more than the price in my opinion!
BEST COMPLETE BOOK ON EVERYTHING SOURDOUGH BREAD
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023
I bought a couple of top line leading books in sourdough making. But this book was the best of them all. Maurizio breaks everything down and isolates the problem for each situation. Every page is full of wisdom and clear photos, timelines, and diagrams for both beginner and advanced bakers to understand.Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023
My breads were coming out pretty good but when I started really getting the breakdown with his detailed instructions and troubleshooting, problems went away!
I am getting nice crumb and excellent crust and excellent taste in my breads.
The book is easy to read and easy to follow. And yeah if you are a professional, which I am not, it is full of excellent material. Every page is full of beautiful photos as well. 431 pages, lots of photos, and even QR codes to scan with your phone that takes you right over to YouTube to see a demonstration of exactly what he is referring to in the book! The book is loaded with these instructional videos along with the text and photos for step-by-step and you cannot go wrong.
I highly recommend this book as a top notch number one must-have if you are into sourdough bread making!
Maurizio Leo has such a passion for his work. He troubleshoots and breaks everything down and provides remedies and solutions to the sourdough process. If you've been baking sourdough for any length of time, you come to the conclusion that it is a continual moving target. Since atmosphere, room temperature, strength of your levain, types of flour, quantity of water, and time - have everything to do with the end results. Maurizio takes you through the process in detail but also makes it easy to follow. Yes, there is an intuitive part to this as well which comes with experience.
The book has 431 pages including a very minimal index in the back. The content page in the front is also limited but the but has an sensible progression whereby you can find what you are looking for.
My only crit would be that it needs a more extensive index, more thorough, so that there is less time flipping to find the content but between the index and the front content, you should be able to find your answers.
The book has many other sourdough recipes including pizza, flatbread, buns, rolls, sweets, and so on. It is my go-to book for everything sourdough.
Plus Maurizio is so good about answering questions, emails and so on. He is an amazing person full of goodwill and good heart.
You cannot go wrong with this book and it is worth far more than the price in my opinion!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2024
I bought this book after seeing it at a friend's house and paging through it. I quickly saw that I needed it! Every facet of sourdough is explained in detail, and the book is written so even a beginner can thoroughly grasp everything the author is talking about. Excellent pictures, and there are even scannable bar codes that link to videos explaining processes! This book is nothing short of amazing. I have struggled with sourdough in the past, but not anymore. Be ready to become a great home baker, cause that's what going to happen with this book. I would suggest spending the extra money and getting the spiral bound version because you'll be turning pages for a long time to come if you like baking.
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The perfect book for the perfect loaf!
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