Sourdough

Homemade pizza is where it’s at around here. It’s the perfect vessel for summer garden vegetables, homemade tomato sauce and plenty of cheese. But delicious pizza toppings cannot stand alone, they need the…

When it comes to the world of sourdough bread the variations are endless. Different kneading techniques, rising times, flours, water amounts… can lead to varying results. I have been studying…

For those of you that want to make sourdough bread but are too nervous to try, I want to encourage you to take the leap. Sourdough bread is much healthier…

This post would be better titled: How to get your weekly workout while making whole wheat sourdough bread. It makes for a long title so I opted for the simpler…

Part 1: Sourdough Bread Recipe: First Feeding (Day 1)Part 2: Sourdough Bread Recipe: More Feeding (Day 2) This is a basic formula for making three loaves of sourdough bread using…

Part 1: Sourdough Bread Recipe: First Feeding (Day 1)Part 3: Making Sourdough Bread: Baking Bread (Day 3) On the second day of making sourdough bread you will continue to feed and…

Part 2: Making Sourdough Bread: More Feedings (Day 2)Part 3: Making Sourdough Bread: Baking Bread (Day 3) Sourdough bread is made by the fermentation of flour by yeast found in…

To make sourdough bread you need a chef. I’m not talking about a professional cook, but one of those would be nice too. The chef is a fully active sourdough…

A year ago I took a course on making sourdough bread. We learned about natural leaven, flour, water and the magical thing that happens when you mix them together. Initially, I was…

Baking your own bread is a very sensual experience. By sensual I mean involving the senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. I started making my own bread using a…