The Sourdough Cookbook

by Rita Davenport

Book Overview

Salute to Sourdough! Enjoy the tantalizing aroma and tangy flavor of home-baked Soughdough! Create unique and natural food with nature's leavening. Rita Davenport gives you easy modern methods to make... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895861550
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: HP Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

The title is a misnomer: every recipe in this book starts with commercial yeast, not true sourdough.

Total disappointment. Who should read the book? Novice bakers who don't know or don't care about the chemistry and art of what they're seeking to create. Commercial instant yeast is a different strain from wold yeasts. The recipes may work, but they're not sourdough. Davenport and the reviewers have pulled a bait-and-switch on me. I prefer honest cuisine!

praises for Rita Davenports Sourdough cookbook!!!

I have bought about six of her sourdough cookbooks, and given them to friends and my daughter in laws..... and they in turn have recommended them to their friends, and families.... I had to wait a long time once before for these books to be published again..... and now I have more people wanting to purchase one. I do hope you get another supply of these wonderful books in... I hope my book never wears out.. if it isn't a recipe from Rita's book... it just isn't sourdough!!! And such a variety of uses for sourdough! Those pancakes are out of this world! Go Rita! And come on you guys,,, lets get these books back in stock!! We are all waiting!! Lou

Outstanding recipes and advice

I can't believe this is out of print! This book introduced me to sourdough baking, and I haven't had a recipe failure yet. The basic starter is foolproof, and the bread recipes are fantastic. The sourdough chocolate cake is both scrumptious and unique. I have been making extra-large sourdough onion-cheese sandwich buns for decades; they require no kneading, freeze beautifully, and make for show-stopping burgers. I hope the publisher reprints this cookbook--my copy is falling apart!

Some of the best recipes I've tried

Can't believe this is out of print! My copy is very well used and I wanted to give it as gifts to friends and family again this Christmas. I use this book constantly. When I bought it the price was $4.95, that's how long ago it was. I've never had a failure with any of the recipes. The waffle and pancake recipes in many variations are outstanding. The information on how make, handle, and use sourdough starter is very good. The book is geared toward todays good cook, unlike some of the other books on the subject which tend to focus on old time recipes. Hope the publisher will reconsider.

Tell publisher to make more copies.

Sure wish the publisher would print more copies. Have seen this cookbook and looks like the best sourdough cookbook ever seen. Have a few of her recipes and they are great.