About the Author

Jim Lahey’s innovative no-knead bread recipe ignited a worldwide home-baking revolution when it was first published in the New York Times in 2006. The owner of the Sullivan Street Bakery and the author of My Pizza and The Sullivan Street Bakery Cookbook, Lahey has won two James Beard Awards, including the inaugural Outstanding Baker Award. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Jim Lahey is best known for his no-knead method of baking bread. He's also behind New York's fantastic Sullivan Street Bakery, where you can get a chickpea-fritter sandwich so good it will make you cry. That recipe is here, as are ones for apple-fennel pizza, brisket braised in black tea, and orange olive-oil cake. But more than anything, the book is a deeper dive into (mostly) no-knead bread-making, this time using sourdough starters.-- "Boston Globe"

The gift of flawless bread at home, every time...The beloved baker is back with a (strikingly illustrated) look at how many of his bakery's most celebrated breads are crafted.-- "Parade"

Unlike some other, very technical bread books, the tone...is warm, encouraging, funny--sometimes even striving for poetic--as much as it is educational...But beyond the purple prose are excellent recipes with exacting instructions.--Melissa Clark "The New York Times"

I always look forward to my visits to Sullivan Street Bakery. Their quality and purity is uncompromising, and I am surprised by something new and wonderful every time.--Alice Waters, owner, Chez Panisse Restaurant, and author of The Art of Simple Food

Jim Lahey, who with his no-knead insights changed home baking forever, explores bread-based 'cucina povera, ' the simple cooking of Italy in this creative, easy-to-use cookbook.--Mark Furstenberg, James Beard Award-winning baker and owner of Bread Furst

Little wonder the mastermind behind a book about the food you want to eat every day is by the same guy who's been teaching us about the bread we want to eat every day. These recipes are simple, accessible, and endlessly pleasing. Jim's done it again.--Dan Barber, chef and author of The Third Plate