Dan Leader’s new book, Living Bread is out. Spotting him promoting it at Union Square’s Green Market, I took the opportunity to chat with him about flour, bread and life in the big apple, New York. Wished I had asked him about one of the tips he gives in the book; oxygenating the liquid levain, stirring it intermittently to help it ferment. A good thing to ask him next time we connect. Anyway, going home, I went through my Kindle version of his book, heading directly toward three of his breads. Below are two of the three that I tried. The other, a Drescherlaib (with brotegewurz) went to a friend.
The dough that started it all.
Westport Pizzeria introduced me to pizza. That is the simplest way to say it, and perhaps the truest. We had just...









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