Modernist Bread at Home – Bread School Announcement and Giveaway

Enter our US giveaway to win one copy of Modernist Bread at Home by Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya.

Modernist Bread at Home by Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya is created by the same team behind the James Beard award-winning Modernist Bread as well as Modernist Pizza (IACP 2022 Self-published winner) and Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking (2012 James Beard winner and Cookbook of the Year as well as IACP Professional Kitchen winner 2012) and other titles.

I am so excited that the team is working on a Modernist Pastry set of books and cannot wait for its release.

Modernist Bread at Home helps home bakers fit bread making back into their weekly routine. This single, 420-page volume compiles practical techniques, foundational recipes, and scientific insights – all the result of hundreds of experiments – which have been updated and tailored specifically to the needs of home bakers. The team has applied its unique brand of rigor to making this comprehensive yet approachable book.

Our takes you inside this beautiful book and features the following

We’re excited to announce that the Modernist Cuisine team will be kicking off a special series of free monthly email courses, geared toward home bakers, today Monday, March 11. The goal for the Modernist Bread School is to help home bakers learn the fundamentals of making bread at home and bake with Modernist Bread at Home. The monthly courses are full of carefully curated tips and tricks, insights, techniques, and references (all from Modernist Bread at Home and Modernist Bread) that will help home bakers gain new skills and make delicious homemade bread, even when life gets busy. We’ll cover a variety of topics, from baking bread amid a busy schedule to the role of different bread ingredients, several of which have been crowdsourced from our online community. Here’s how it works: 

  • Courses are free; to sign up, folks will need to provide their name, email address, and zip code. You don’t need to own Modernist Bread at Home to sign up, but there are many references for additional information in the book.
  • Each month we will add a new course to the bread school landing page on our website, where people will be able to sign up.
  • Upon signing up, students will receive one lesson per day, delivered straight to their inbox, throughout the course. Courses consist of five to seven written lessons, as well as a final recap with a call to action to purchase the book.
  • We will be running courses through August.

Here’s an overview of the topics we’ll be covering:  

  • Getting Started with Bread Basics—March 2024
  • Navigating Bread Making from Start to Finish—April 2024
  • Fitting Bread into Busy Schedules—May 2024
  • The Role of Different Bread Ingredients—June 2024
  • How to Start a Levain and Keep It Alive—July 2024
  • Mixing and Gluten Development—August 2024

You can share the following links to the landing page on our website and the sign-up form for the first course. 

  1. Modernist Cuisine Bread School Course 1 sign-up page.  
  2. Modernist Cuisine Bread School landing page.

I signed up for the first class – come and join me! Be on the lookout for some events later this year.

Special thanks to the publisher for providing one copy of this title in our promotion. Entry options include answering the following question in the comments section of this blog post.

Which recipe in the index would you like to try first?

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124 Comments

  • rchesser  on  March 11, 2024

    sourdough olive bread

  • lhellmond  on  March 11, 2024

    I’m always up for a Parker House Roll.

  • matag  on  March 11, 2024

    Tomato focaccia

  • thefritschkitchen  on  March 11, 2024

    I want to make my our sourdough starter from scratch!! From there, all the sour dough recipes 🙂

  • lean1  on  March 11, 2024

    Fig jam Challah

  • Pamyoungvb  on  March 11, 2024

    second chance sour dough

  • swayingoak  on  March 11, 2024

    Rye!

  • Indio32  on  March 11, 2024

    Am happy to buy this book but already having more bread books than you could shake a stick at is this going to be a positive addition to the collection or just another trendy bread book,?

  • Alleycat  on  March 11, 2024

    Fig jam challah, please! And the pumpernickel bread. And hazelnut butter babka.

  • missmanda  on  March 11, 2024

    Piquillo pepper ciabatta (page 217)

  • DJBWA  on  March 11, 2024

    Sourdough loaf of any type!

  • adelina  on  March 11, 2024

    Tomato farmer’s bread

  • bakerpeabody  on  March 11, 2024

    Orange Marmalade Ciabatta.

  • Wende  on  March 11, 2024

    Sourdough with seeds, soakers, or sprouted grains

  • stahl_amy  on  March 11, 2024

    Never been able to keep a levain alive, so that’s step one for recipes!

  • dataentrytard  on  March 11, 2024

    I would like to try baking a poolish.

  • mswager  on  March 11, 2024

    Sourdough master recipe — I always like to start with the basics first 🙂

  • mcrimmins  on  March 11, 2024

    American Pumpernickel

  • Shelmar  on  March 11, 2024

    Fig jam challah

  • MLF  on  March 11, 2024

    I’ve been on a focaccia kick lately, so I’d like to try theirs.

  • demomcook  on  March 11, 2024

    Hazelnut praline challah.
    Thank you for telling us about the wonderful class series. I’ve signed up!

  • AlexHH  on  March 11, 2024

    Vollkornbrot!

  • LaurenE  on  March 11, 2024

    Fig jam Challah

  • rkosully  on  March 12, 2024

    I would love to master focaccia.

  • dbielick  on  March 12, 2024

    Cranberry, currant, walnut, and pistachio loaf

  • vickster  on  March 12, 2024

    White sandwich bread master recipe

  • FrenchCreekBaker  on  March 12, 2024

    Hazelnut, cocoa nib, and apricot loaf with spices

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  • ThePatheticBaker  on  March 12, 2024

    Got to be Country-style Bread

  • dadekian  on  March 12, 2024

    American pumpernickel

  • ravensfan  on  March 12, 2024

    Black currant sourdough with Marcona almonds

  • mbbenham  on  March 12, 2024

    Chocolate cherry Sourdough!

  • sarahteertzah  on  March 12, 2024

    American pumpernickel

  • jonathan.porter  on  March 13, 2024

    Rye is on my list

  • RSW  on  March 13, 2024

    Tomato focaccia

  • hillsboroks  on  March 13, 2024

    Hawaiian pineapple sweet bread

  • kimfiona  on  March 13, 2024

    This looks like a fabulous book and I would try the Hazelnut butter Babka first

  • jdejong  on  March 13, 2024

    I splurged and purchased this book. It just arrived and it is gorgeous. It also is the largest cookbook I have ever seen! ? Looking forward to diving into the French Lean Bread.

  • heatherlathropwilliams  on  March 14, 2024

    The Japanese Sandwich Bread – says it is fluffy but sure doesn’t look like Milk Bread!

  • Babycarrot  on  March 14, 2024

    Tomato foccacia

  • sayeater  on  March 14, 2024

    Oxbrot!

  • roxlet  on  March 15, 2024

    Rye bread

  • Cjennings  on  March 15, 2024

    Fig jam challah

  • darlingc  on  March 15, 2024

    Baked apples with a caramel of nuts and spices and brioche French toast

  • lbr4  on  March 15, 2024

    This book is a dream come true – reviewing the indexing was like wow! I know this sounds boring but I would like to master the white sandwich bread.

  • virjeania  on  March 15, 2024

    Parker House rolls

  • schmidc  on  March 15, 2024

    American pumpernickel

  • sprinkleseeds  on  March 15, 2024

    Miche

  • debbiehb  on  March 15, 2024

    Orange marmalade ciabatta

  • sprinkleseeds  on  March 15, 2024

    Second chance sourdough

  • FrenchCreekBaker  on  March 16, 2024

    Hazelnut, cocoa nib, and apricot loaf with spices

    Because entry form was malfunctioning, I posted this comment a second time after I was able to confirm I was successfully logged in to Rafflecopter. Sorry for double comment. No way to delete the first one.

  • megotducktape  on  March 16, 2024

    Hazelnut, cocoa nib, and apricot loaf with spices – this sounds interesting!

  • Lora724  on  March 16, 2024

    Country-style bread

  • sarahawker  on  March 16, 2024

    Tomato focaccia

  • clairew137  on  March 17, 2024

    Sourdough olive bread

  • Blue___Nile  on  March 17, 2024

    Black currant sourdough with Marcona almonds

  • kenauka2  on  March 17, 2024

    Sweet breads in my fickle bread machine.

  • LeMinou  on  March 17, 2024

    Sourdough olive bread

  • KatBry  on  March 18, 2024

    Sourdough

  • ktrum7  on  March 19, 2024

    tomato farmer’s bread!

  • klrclark  on  March 19, 2024

    Marbled Rye. My husband loves this.

  • maria411  on  March 19, 2024

    sourdough bread

  • Shelley.b  on  March 20, 2024

    How to perform dough CPR

  • ethedens  on  March 21, 2024

    Rye bread

  • Laura1  on  March 23, 2024

    Fig jam challah

  • thecharlah  on  March 24, 2024

    Sweet potato sandwich bread

  • Lafauvette  on  March 27, 2024

    Fig jam challah

  • tucsonsandy  on  March 27, 2024

    Fig jam Challah

  • Ren23  on  March 27, 2024

    Rye Bread

  • lambchop1  on  March 27, 2024

    Second chance sourdough

  • Su2cool  on  March 27, 2024

    anything sourdough is what I want to try

  • teaandmangoes  on  March 27, 2024

    Chocolate and Cherry Sourdough

  • THEREIS21MEALSINAWEEK  on  March 28, 2024

    I love the cover.

  • linded  on  March 28, 2024

    I’d like to make the No-Knead Brioche, adapted from Jim Lahey.

  • linded  on  March 28, 2024

    Challah of any kind!

  • Acratli28  on  March 28, 2024

    Bread is life.

  • oduong930  on  March 28, 2024

    tomato focaccia

  • Micklin  on  March 28, 2024

    Sweet potato sandwich bread sounds like my first one. Followed by many others, sourdoughs in particular!

  • Leonard5854  on  March 28, 2024

    American pumpernickel

  • Sfgordon  on  March 30, 2024

    Calamansi focaccia

  • annmartina  on  March 30, 2024

    Hawaiian pineapple sweet bread

  • BMeyer  on  March 31, 2024

    sourdough olive bread
    fig jam challah

  • jbaugher  on  April 2, 2024

    japanese sandwich bread

  • GreenhouseCheryl  on  April 2, 2024

    Ciabatta master recipe

  • avonleajules  on  April 5, 2024

    sourdough olive bread, just learning sourdough

  • jluvs2bake  on  April 6, 2024

    Jewish deli rye

  • Apepin  on  April 6, 2024

    Rye bread

  • hangryviking  on  April 8, 2024

    Fig jam challah

  • Laluzdelaluna  on  April 10, 2024

    Japanese sandwich bread

  • acecil  on  April 11, 2024

    tomato foccacia

  • Karla123  on  April 12, 2024

    Cranberry, currant, walnut, and pistachio loaf

  • jeffk24  on  April 13, 2024

    I love the Modernist Bread books and look forward to the At Home version.

  • natchor8  on  April 14, 2024

    Hazelnut butter brioche

  • teamkies  on  April 14, 2024

    Steamed buns master recipe

  • itssteph  on  April 16, 2024

    Japanese sandwich bread

  • kate  on  April 19, 2024

    Marbled Rye–a good version of bread I love which is hard to find where I live

  • AnQsMom  on  April 19, 2024

    Sourdough olive bread

  • Erinzzz  on  April 19, 2024

    Just a perfect, no-knead sourdough or faux sourdough

  • tucsonsandy  on  April 19, 2024

    Tomato focaccia

  • roseryan1972  on  April 19, 2024

    2-step sandwhich bread

  • KarenDel  on  April 19, 2024

    Sourdough

  • mhandakas  on  April 19, 2024

    Sourdough has put me off, even during Covid lock down, it just seemed like too much trouble, and sourdough’s devotees seemed almost like members of a cult. But now I’ve overcome my unreasonable prejudice and have decided to give it a try. So I’ll make a starter and see how it goes.

  • ammerlino  on  April 19, 2024

    A sandwich bread

  • lmegolden  on  April 19, 2024

    Blueberry pie bagels!

  • JenjiD  on  April 19, 2024

    Sunflower seed focaccia

  • t.t  on  April 19, 2024

    Second-chance sourdough

  • banba1  on  April 19, 2024

    Oh, I have always wanted to be able to make my own Francese! Iggy’s Bread in Cambridge, MA makes the BEST, and now that I live in CA I have been wanting to replicate my own since none of the bakeries around here come close to Iggy’s!

  • Ljhfike  on  April 23, 2024

    Brioche master recipe

  • ChrisQuartly  on  April 24, 2024

    Looks interesting!

  • minbody  on  April 25, 2024

    American pumpernickel

  • ChicagoJen  on  April 25, 2024

    I’d like to learn more about using a lame… if that counts as a recipe?? It is listed 🙂

  • hibeez  on  April 26, 2024

    Cinnamon raisin bread.

  • artthecat  on  April 27, 2024

    Marbled rye

  • IvyManning  on  April 27, 2024

    Quince Challah! My MIL has a quince tree and I love challah.

  • takemori  on  April 28, 2024

    100% Whole Wheat Challah please!

  • Jnr2389  on  April 29, 2024

    Japanese sandwich bread

  • betsyradelow  on  April 30, 2024

    Second-chance sourdough

  • TazinaTlo  on  May 7, 2024

    sourdough olive bread

  • schesshire  on  May 8, 2024

    Brioche hamburger buns!

  • nomadchowwoman  on  May 8, 2024

    I’m intrigued by Saurfaux!

  • Dannausc  on  May 10, 2024

    Blueberry pie bagel

  • rsverkruyse  on  May 11, 2024

    I want to become a sourdough master!

  • DLC  on  May 14, 2024

    American pumpernickel

  • theBlackbird  on  May 14, 2024

    No knead brioche

  • amylou61  on  May 15, 2024

    I’d like to learn how to score ovals and elongated shapes.

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