This is an excellent book for bakers, not just newbies either. Ths illustrations were immaculate, the attention to detail was exceptional. I read this digitally, and I will definately be picking this book up to add to my cookbook collection. I you want to learn the nuances of baking bread and how to use basics to expand on the possibilities, look no further. I was provided this book by NetGalley but all opinions and reviews are my ownm

As someone who makes bread I was very excited to read this. It is very beginner friendly and I have am excited to sell it at the store.

A really cute way to teach pre-teens and teens how to make bread and the techniques needed to make several types of bread. The graphic novel was easy to follow and understand. There were a few times I had to zoom in to read everything, but I may also need a new glasses prescription. I am excited to try out what I have learned this weekend!

I loved this unique book. What a great way to present recipes for different breads, as old as time, and make them fun for grown ups. If you love bread, and you love graphic novels, this is for you! And if you’ve never tried a graphic novel recipe book, this might surprise you for good!

Such at sweet and interesting book. While not my preferred way to read recipes, it felt like a fun way to make bread, with some great explanations as to why dough and bread behaves as it does.

Recommend this highly to all libraries!

/ Denise

Let's Make Bread!
Ken Forkish; Sarah Becan
This is a unique cookbook! This book is for bread lovers/bakers. There are recipes, and tips. If you have ever attempted a sourdough starter you want this book! There are tips, guidelines to help the baker whether beginner, novice, intermediate or advanced. What equipment do you need? Which ingredients are the best? All of your questions are covered in the Let’s Make Bread! Book.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing a copy of this book for review.

Let’s Make Bread is a beautiful comic book that both educates and entertains. I was familiar with Ken Forkish’s works before picking this up and was excited to see what the Let’s Make Bread Comic Book Cookbook would be like. This feels much more digestible (pun intended!) than typical cookbooks and the illustrations allow for an easy to follow step-by-step guide. I especially love this format for teaching young children how to bake. I plan to pick-up the other comic books illustrated by Sarah Becan with my kiddos.

I’ve been baking bread for about a year, and by no means consider myself an expert, but I was excited with how much there was to take in with this comic book. There are 11+ recipes and a great education related to grains and sourdough. I did not know that the French word for sourdough is ‘Levain’ and I think I like that term much better! I love the information on where to buy heirloom grains. I was excited to see a shout-out to Janie’s Mill, where I get all of my flour from.

Thank you to NetGalley, Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Press, Ten Speed Graphic, the author Ken Forkish and illustrator Sarah Becan for this highly enjoyable ARC!

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Thanks to Ten Speed Graphic Books and NetGalley for a complimentary digital ARC of this book. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I was blessed to have my mother teach me how to stay closer to my food sources in many ways including having a large garden, canning and dehydrating foods, but breadmaking wasn’t one of them. My oldest brother, who has always enjoyed cooking and baking, has an IG page called Flute Reed Ovens that showcases his incredible works with breads. I recently decided to try my hand at making sourdough and other artisan breads because we had been enjoying loaves from a grocery store’s bakery. The prices were $2.99 a loaf just over a year ago, and now they’re $5-$6.

This comic book cookbook is a good introduction to breadmaking in an accessible, visual way. I appreciate that as I am definitely a more visual learner. This is the first bread book I’ve read (I have several checked out from the library to tackle), and it seems to cover the basics fairly well. I found it interesting that only one bread option uses a mixer. I mean, I’ve had my Kitchen Aid stand mixer for 26 years and have yet to use the dough hook, and I was looking forward to it. I’m not quite sure my arthritic hands can handle all the kneading that needs to be done the way the book describes, so maybe the book isn’t as accessible as I thought. YMMV.

There are two different methods to making breads featured in Let’s Make Bread! In a standard loaf pan, or a Dutch Oven. I liked that both methods were featured, as some types of bread I wish to make I don’t want in rectangular loaf form. There are a few pieces of equipment I need/can’t substitute with what I have on hand, so I can’t practically say how good the recipes are as I haven’t made any, but the recipes are pretty straight-forward.

With a massive influx of “homesteaders” and “preppers” appearing in my social media feeds these days, this comic book cookbook is a good introduction to the making of artisan breads that many people might not normally think they can do. Props also to illustrator Sarah Becan for her easy-to-understand graphics.

The first part of the book is about the science behind baking bread and as someone who is just starting out, this was really cool to read. The instructions were written very much like recipes in speech bubbles, but were easy enough to follow. The illustrations were cute and the characters charming so it kept it visually stimulating as well.

Thank you to Netgalley and Ten Speed Graphic for this ARC! All opinions are my own.

This has been the first cookbook that I've actually managed to read through! I had never really seen the draw of cookbooks because, as a visual learner, I have always opted to click play and pause on a YouTube recipe instead. However, <i> Let's Make Bread!'s</i> graphic novel approach to their cookbook worked and now I'm obsessed. Everything is broken down beautifully into steps. I especially love the recommendations for when to start the breadmaking process (especially with my experience of having to wake up at 3 AM to do stretch and folds).

I've always loved making bread, and making my own sourdough starter has been a dream of mine for a while, but I've always been too intimidated to give it a shot. After reading Ken's charming instructions and Sarah's wonderful illustrations, I finally feel like I can do it, and I can't wait to try out some of the recipes in this book!

Let’s Make Bread! is a delightful graphic novel/cookbook by James Beard Award winning bread baking master Ken Forkish and award winning illustrator and author Sarah Becan. It demystifies bread baking with step by step instructions and terrific illustrations. Bread baking is intimidating, but this makes it so fun and approachable. Truly wonderful.

The book had interesting history and fun recipes. The comic format made it easy to follow and a lot of fun to read. As someone who doesn't cook or bake this made it seem less intimidating

4 stars

Very cool way to make a cookbook about baking bread!
I learned a lot and really loved the artwork in it.
However, sometimes things were a bit difficult. So I think for breadbaking beginners, this might be a bit too much info at once.

I received a galley of this book via NetGalley.

Straight up: I want to buy this book. I’ve read many baking books that discuss how to cultivate and utilize sourdough starters, and this is the least intimidating, most friendly of the lot. Every recipe is fully illustrated with detailed instructions led by avatars of baker Ken Forkish and comic book artist Sarah Becan. The one downside is that the book doesn’t include many recipes, but several variations are included. Really, this book provides an accessible foundation to perfect sourdough techniques and innovate from there.

Really fun way to learn a new trait.

Ken Forkish simply explains how to make bread while Sarah Becan uses her very helpful artistic abilities to share what each technic looks like.

Very much enjoyed this. Will be making some of these breads soon.

Thanks to NetGalley and Ten Speed Press for the ARC of this book.

An absolutely adorable and helpful guide not only for those new to baking yeast and sourdough breads but for experts at it looking to add a truly unique recipe/how to book to their kitchen library.
I loved it not only because of the comic book style (which is admittedly my favorite part) but because it also inspired me to get back into bread baking after an impromptu hiatus. Can't wait to add this physically to my collection after getting to read my eARC.

The comic book about baking bread that you never knew you needed, and are going to love. Seriously, this is one of those ideas that turns out to be brilliant, because it's not only fun, it's actually extremely useful. I know a bit about baking breads and there will still a lot of useful stuff in here for my reference. I can only imagine how great this would be for someone who is new to bread-baking. Best of all, because it's a graphic novel, it's about as non-intimidating as you can get. And you can see exactly what is happening Every Single Step Of The Way.

Note: this book will teach you how to make yeast breads and sourdough breads, i.e. "slow breads" that take several hours (or even more). This isn't about "quick breads" like banana bread, coffee cake, beer bread, etc. Those are all delicious too, but they're significantly easier than slow breads, so if you want to make one of those, you can pretty much just google a recipe and go to town. This book will help you out with the sometimes-very-complex process of those slow-but-incredibly-delicious breads. I promise, you really can make them. And this book can help.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this eARC for unbiased review. This review will be cross-posted to my social media accounts closer to the book release date.

This was an entertaining cookbook perfect for beginners. I had never made homemade bread in my life before this. The directions were easy to follow and I chuckled the entire time. While my bread was still…… special, this book certainly wasn’t to blame. I can’t wait to try out more and get better. The comic book style worked really well for the visual learner in me. I am not sure how I am going to go back to regular cook books after this.

Thank you to the author and NetGalley for this eARC.

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I received this DRC from NetGalley.

This was a very detailed book. The recipes were explained well. A lot of background information was included about ingredients and the science behind some parts of it. I also enjoyed the artwork style. My favorite part was the Audrey II - looking sourdough starter.

Very informative and interesting book. I highly write recommend it. Very educational. Very enjoyable.