The Fabulous Baker Boy: Great American Baking Show Winner’s New Cookbook Is A Northern Michigan Love Letter
By Craig Manning | Aug. 17, 2026
Everyone can bake, especially if they have as many great ingredients right out the front door as northern Michiganders do.
So says Martin Sorge, a past winner of The Great American Baking Show, a newly-minted cookbook author, and – crucially – a part-time Leelanau County resident.
Though he was born in Indiana and currently spends most of his time in Chicago, Sorge credits northern Michigan with supplying much of the inspiration for his new cookbook, Great Bakes: Modern Classic Recipes from the Midwest, which published on August 4.
“The cherry is basically the theme of the book,” Sorge laughs. “It made it on the cover; it's the first …
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