Daniel Leader

A pioneer of artisanal bread baking in the U.S., Daniel Leader founded the first Bread Alone Bakery in New York’s Hudson Valley in the early 1980s. He’s the author of Bread Alone, which won the IACP award for best baking book in 1994, and Local Breads, which won him his second IACP award in 2008. Leader lives in Boiceville, NY with his wife Sharon and their four children, Liv, Nels, Octavia, and Noah. @daniel.leader