“No one makes sourdough bread baking more approachable and successful for the home baker than Elaine. Novice and experienced bakers alike turn out better loaves with more ease under her tutelage. I particularly love her refusal to uncritically follow the at-times haughty and intimidating rules of sourdough baking. She tests them. If they work, great. If they don’t, she finds something simpler, not caring if it flies in the face of convention.”
Rosie Gill
“I am completely blind and very new to sourdough baking, a friend of mine showed me how to do it over an evening 2 weeks ago! However, all the information I can find on the internet is either in a video format, or very vague general instructions.
Seeing this, I got about 5 books aimed at beginners to see if I could find a better way to use my other senses in every step of the process to make sure that it’s going well. It was only The Sourdough Whisperer, Elaine’s book, that incorporated other senses (like touch and hearing) into the instructions.
I’m still learning and my loaves are nowhere near perfect. But Elaine gave me the tools to use to get step-by-step feedback, adjust, and experiment.”
Parham Doustdar
“I’m still feeling gratitude for you liberating me from all the bad information about baking sourdough online. It’s a trap many fall into!
It’s a much bigger conversation, but with the overwhelming amount of content online, we stop trusting ourselves and being led by our intuition.
We learn by doing, not by endless searches online.”
Gavin Downs
“My daughter and myself set out on our sourdough journey a few months ago. We spent the most of December extremely frustrated with too much misinformation. Since finding your YouTube channel, establishing our starters and buying your new cookbook, we are set to bake out first loaf tomorrow. Your information is detailed and top notch. We can’t thank you enough.
Your passion for sharing your knowledge has turned our frustrating journey into a joyful one.”
Kathi Giumentaro
“I have followed a masterclass course with a famous baker and failed to produce an active starter let alone a proper loaf, I found someone online whose process took 3 whole days and you had to preheat your oven for a whole hour before you could bake and this led to small dense loaves but they were at least edible and then I remembered I had downloaded your first book some time ago. So yesterday I fed my starter as you direct and after two hours when it was getting very active put it in fridge to slow it. Mixed it when I got back from second dog walk did everything as you said and baked from cold today and I had the joy of taking the very first properly risen sourdough I have ever made – a loaf that I would be proud to give to anyone!
You have made me relax about sourdough, fit it around my lifestyle and succeed at long last!
I cannot thank you enough and I will be recommending your books to anyone who asks”
Diane Roberts
“Thank you for this book. Over the years I have attempted a good sourdough bread from time to time, always in the end disappointing. Your ‘Master Recipe’ is perfect… I am now producing loaves that I find hard to resist! Thank you.”
Vivian Broughton
“Hello Elaine! I bought your book about a month ago, and I just wanted to personally say thank you so much for everything you included in that book. It has helped me so much along my sourdough journey in such a short time and I am extremely grateful. Your methods have shown me what truly perfect sourdough looks and tastes like. I appreciate all that you do and I’m so happy to have found a baker like you to inspire me.“
Sav Brook
“I left a review for your book 10 mins ago on Amazon, though they won’t post until they review, but this was it — “It’s almost like having her in the room while you bake to help you through it all. Even felt like I could hear her voice as I was reading through the questions and answers LOL. This book is spectacular for the beginner. Every question I have had since I began the answers are there and are such a great help! I have tried making sourdough for months following others advice online with one fail after another with answers that did not fix the issues. I happened onto her site one day and followed her directions. From there, everything worked, and I had an official starter and baking bread in less than 2 weeks, not months as many have taught! Delicious bread recipes. Love this book! If I could give it 10 stars, I would lol” “
Helen
“This is the first time I’ve ever messaged anyone I’ve never met about a recipe – but I was so excited when I lifted the lid of my enamel pot! The ‘woah!’ brought my whole family running .
I do a lot of baking but this is only my second attempt at sourdough. Your recipe and guidance was brilliant – and this is what I found waiting for me, thanks to you!”
Julia Chambers
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