Anita Šumer is a passionate, self-taught sourdough baker & teacher from Slovenia, now an international sensation with over 70,000 Instagram followers @sourdough_mania. She began baking sourdough when her husband was ill and could not eat yeasted bread. Her success has led her to teach sourdough baking in 9 countries across 3 continents. In 2017, she published her unique sourdough book in Slovenia, the first of its kind, winning two Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The book is now available in German, Dutch, French & Croatian, featuring simple and ambitious recipes for rye bread, white bread, corn bread, fruit bread, donuts, brioches, and more. Sourdough Mania includes chapters on grains, making sourdough leaven, the baking process, ingredients & tools, with step-by-step photography on weighing, mixing, kneading, shaping, scoring, & baking. Anita has started a bread revolution, encouraging more people to bake healthier, delicious bread.