For over a decade, The Perfect Loaf, an award-winning website and community, has been the best place to learn how to make sourdough bread and pizza. My debut cookbook, The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More (Clarkson Potter), is a New York Times Bestseller and received both a 2023 James Beard Award and 2023 IACP Cookbook Award.

The Perfect Loaf is a New York Times Bestseller, 2023 James Beard Award winner, and 2023 IACP Cookbook Award winner.Maurizio Leo’s blog The Perfect Loaf is the go-to destination on the internet for beginner sourdough bakers. He now brings his impeccably detailed techniques, foolproof recipes, and generous teaching style to a groundbreaking debut cookbook that delves into the absolute fundamentals of sourdough—plus the tools and confidence to explore beyond. Beginner bakers will have their hands held the entire way, with troubleshooting sections and numerous sidebars answering almost every question they may have—like how to store a sourdough starter long-term, how bakers’ percentages actually work, and a visual guide to common “bread fails” and how to remedy them. Seasoned bakers will relish deep dives into the science behind baking processes and expert information on how to build their “baker’s intuition” and level up by experimenting with hydration, ingredient ratios, freshly milled grains, and specialty flours. Whether you’re new to bread baking or a pro, The Perfect Loaf will be your indispensable guide in the kitchen.https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634139/the-perfect-loaf-by-maurizio-leo/

I co-founded Terminal Eleven, an award-winning software company, specializing in mobile application design and development.Our app, SkyView - Explore the Universe, was named as a Top 10 app of 2011 by The New York Times and a Top 20 app of 2011 by TechCrunch.SkyView has since gone on to be featured by Apple and has over 70 million downloads.

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An early contributor to Food52's Resident program, which brought together some of the internet's leading food personalities, I was the Resident Bread Baker responsible for creating recipes and articles about anything and everything baking with natural leavening (sourdough).

Software engineer in the SMARTlab, Simulation and Modeling for Acquisitions, Requirements, and Training, group. The SMARTlab focused on the rapid prototyping of new products, simulation assistance for other internal groups and new business pursuits.Held the lead role in developing a user interface for a ground control station for a prototype unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Integrated with prototype hardware for controlling vehicle flight and developed the primary Java Swing user interface for receiving flight telemetry data. Architected and wrote the communication stack between the ground station and vehicle using UDP over Bluetooth, Wifi and ZigBee.Responsible for supporting multiple technical proposal submissions including a proposal effort to win a US Marines vehicle health management contract. Designed and built a Java application framework for multiple vehicle sensor displays, sensor control input, and external interface with a 3rd party web portal. Awarded a Honeywell Bravo award for software and proposal submission.Lead the ground-up establishment of a remote software laboratory in the Czech Republic (that had grown to 8 fulltime employees). On-going responsibilities included the training of new employees, software task assignment, budget management, and coordinated new business pursuits.

InLight Solutions is a biomedical company specializing in the research and development of sensor-based measurement systems for life sciences applications.Software engineer on the modeling and spectroscopy team (and later embedded project team) responsible for upgrading MATLAB software controlling scientific measuring equipment. Developed network communication protocols between embedded data processors and desktop machines for the graphical display of sensed data. Worked on and improved internal toolset increasing worker productivity and efficiency.