SARAH BECAN "LET'S MAKE BREAD" SIGNING
Schedule
Sat May 18 2024 at 12:00 pm to 02:00 pm
Location
1845 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60647 | Chicago, IL
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Are you hungry for a delicious new read? SARAH BECAN returns to Challengers!Beloved graphic novelist and cookbook illustrator Sarah Becan is coming back to Challengers to celebrate the release of LET'S MAKE BREAD! A Comic Book Cookbook! We love bread and we love Sarah even more, so this event is 1000% for us! And for YOU!!
And what would a signing about bread be without actual bread?!? No promises, but it sure would be great to have some bread on hand for this tasty event!
Sarah will be at Challengers on Saturday, May 18th, from Noon to 2pm.
ABOUT "LET’S MAKE BREAD!"
An accessible and easy-to-follow comic book cookbook for baking delicious breads, featuring a basic universal method, guidelines for maintaining a sourdough starter, and recipes for classic loaves and fun new riffs, from the beloved author of Flour Water Salt Yeast
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Ken Forkish adapts his expert bread baking tips and recipes from Evolutions in Bread and Flour Water Salt Yeast for the fun, beginner-friendly comic book cookbook format. With comics artist Sarah Becan’s lively and colorful illustrations, Let’s Make Bread! invites readers to embark on the journey of making bread with this new visual twist.
Forkish and Becan provide valuable tips for the first-time breadmaker, from the necessary equipment and ingredients to the basic eight-step bread method. They explain how to start, feed, maintain, and share a sourdough starter and include valuable troubleshooting tips for temperature, dough texture, proofing, and more. They also present seventeen gold-standard recipes for both traditional and customizable loaves, including The Saturday Bread, The Standard, Corn Kernel Bread, and Raisin-Pecan Bread, and more!
Pairing foolproof techniques and recipes with an exciting and inviting comic format, Let’s Make Bread! is an enjoyable guide to making your own perfect loaf at home.
ABOUT SARAH BECAN
Sarah Becan is a comics artist, author, illustrator and designer, and the creator of “I Think You’re Sauceome”, a food-centric autobiographical webcomic.
Her work has appeared in various publications, including Saveur Magazine, Eater.com, Chicago Magazine, The Chicago Reader, TruthOut.com, and Tasting Table. She was awarded a Xeric Award and a Stumptown Trophy for Outstanding Debut for her first graphic novel, The Complete Ouija Interviews, and her work has twice been nominated for the Ignatz Award.
Becan’s second graphic novel, Shuteye, was released in early 2012. In 2014, she wrote and illustrated Luna de Cuernos, a long form graphic story for Fifth House Ensemble’s spring 2014 concert series.
Becan illustrated the cookbook The Adventures of Fat Rice, published 2016 by Ten Speed Press, and is the co-author and illustrator of Let’s Make Ramen!, published July 2019, and Let’s Make Dumplings!, published June 2021, both from Ten Speed Press.
https://sarahbecan.com/
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Where is it happening?
1845 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60647Event Location & Nearby Stays: