Modernist Bread by Nathan Myhrvold

The Art and Science of Baking

An encyclopedic, evidence-driven deep dive into the science, history, and techniques of bread-making that blends rigorous experimentation and clear explanations of dough chemistry, fermentation, and baking physics with hundreds of tested recipes, step-by-step methods, troubleshooting guidance, and detailed photography and diagrams to help bakers from home cooks to professionals master both traditional and modernist approaches to producing a wide range of breads.