'Modernist Bread at Home'

Another paid subscriber giveaway!

Dec 05, 2024

The team at Modernist Cuisine have generously offered to let me give away another copy of their latest book, Modernist Bread at Home, to one randomly-selected Wordloaf paid subscriber in the US. If you want in on it, please leave a comment below by midnight EST on Thursday, 12/12. I’ll announce the winner here and forward their address to Modernist to ship it. (Please be sure to have comment notifications turned on, so that I can get your mailing address ASAP! If I don’t hear back from you within a day or so, I’ll have to offer it to someone else.)

In the meantime, I’ll reshare what I wrote about the book back in August.

—Andrew

Did you know that the folks at Modernist Cuisine recently published Modernist Bread at Home, a single-volume (plus a recipe book) distillation of their 5-volume Modernist Bread? They did!

Here’s how the team at Modernist describes it:

Modernist Bread at Home is an indispensable cookbook for anyone who is passionate about making homemade bread. Created by the same team behind the award-winning Modernist Bread, this new cookbook is thoughtfully tailored to the specific needs of home bakers so that you can get great results in your kitchen, regardless of how much time or experience you have.
After years of rigorous independent research and hundreds of experiments, the Modernist Cuisine team has now distilled all that wisdom down into a comprehensive, 420-page single volume that proves bread-making can be attainable and convenient, even during the workweek. You’ll discover innovative yet practical techniques, time-saving tips, helpful scientific insights, and adaptable recipes that make delicious homemade bread possible.

I’ve owned Modernist Bread for years, and it’s been a treasure-trove of techniques, ideas, and recipes, and has gotten a lot of use while working on my own book. I don’t always align with some of the approaches they take, but many of them I do, and the years of research and testing that went into the massive tome is self-evident.

As with all of the Modernist books, the photography in Modernist Bread at Home is gorgeous and detailed:

If Modernist Bread is something you’ve always coveted, but for the $625 sticker price, then Modernist Bread at Home is the book for you. It’s not inexpensive, but at $140, it is a lot easier on the wallet. And, unlike Modernist Bread, MBAH is focussed entirely on techniques and recipes tailored for the home baker. Consider it a “greatest hits” album, culled from the larger book.

The folks at Modernist have let me share a couple of recipes from MBAH as a sneak preview, which you can find right here: