GETTING STARTED WITH SOURDOUGH From Flour to Levain to One Great Loaf

If you're looking to rise to the challenge of creating naturally leavened bread, these two able companions will instruct, entertain, and accompany you. Self-confessed bread nerds Chad Robertson, cofounder of the esteemed bakery Tartine, and Jennifer Latham, Tartine's head bread baker, lead listeners through the process of making Tartine's exceptional country loaf. After sharing their personal bread epiphanies and the virtues of small-batch millers' different grains, they illuminate the bread "formula," complete with explanations, charming verbal illustrations ("stretch the dough in from where the ears might be"), and definitions of unfamiliar terms. The production encourages listeners to stop, go, and do, then return for more instruction. They're teachers with contrasting styles: Chad's is reserved but passionate; Jennifer's is cheerfully casual, outgoing, and overtly encouraging. J.C.G. 2021 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2021]