Booklist Review

Ford, bread baker behind the blog and Instagram account @artisanbryan, imbues sourdough with a new meaning: breads that rise in simpler, healthier, and more natural ways. When readers apply his streamlined and illustrated instructions on mixing, shaping, proofing, and baking bread dough, the reason for his "new world" descriptor becomes even clearer. Ford includes recipes for both enriched breads (those recipes with milk, eggs, fat, oil, or sugar added) and rustic breads, which sport a dark crunchy exterior, like pretzel buns or English muffins. Honduran by heritage, raised in New Orleans, and now based in Miami, Ford maximizes his culinary background with some unique combinations, especially in the enriched bread category: Portuguese cheese bread, mallorcas, choco pan de coco, bananas foster sourdough, even pecan praline monkey bread. Instructions for the 35 recipes are direct, and the accompanying photographs of finished breads, mouthwatering. Really, a whole-world approach to bread baking.