About
Illustration by Joseph Kraft.
Welcome! I’m glad you’re here. My name is Martin Sorge, and I’ve loved baking ever since I set the microwave on fire making a “biscuit” as a wee youngster.
Luckily, I’ve learned a lot since then. I am a home baker and cook, taught by dozens of blogs, a vast cookbook collection, my local public library, the people around me, and what grows around the Great Lakes. I used to be afraid of baker’s math, measuring, kitchen thermometers, and latticing pie crusts. But now I’ve figured out how to do it…and I’m still learning.
Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana—a nice, very average, mid-sized city—I grew up in a loving family, surrounded by cornfields, Amish farms, and a distant relative’s apple orchard. As Hoosier now based in Chicago, my baking combines my Great Lakes roots, my multicultural urban home, and my goofy, think-outside-the-box attitude.
I post about baking on Instagram @martinsorge, in my Substack newsletter, on TikTok @martinsorge, and on my website martinbakes.com (but you know that, because you’re here). The best way to get new recipes, baking tips, and fun food content is by subscribing to my newsletter, Great Bakes!
Oh, I’m also a contestant on The Great American Baking Show, streaming now on The Roku Channel! Tune in to watch me and eight other incredible bakers face the judgment of Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.
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