Lynn Addis didn’t intend to become a baker or a teacher, but both roles are filling her days with joy, while also keeping her customers and students well fed. It was an accidental – or providential – path to baking hundreds of loaves of sourdough bread each week and teaching others how to do it […]
Sourdough is the oldest kind of leavened bread in recorded history, and people have been eating it for thousands of years. The components of creating a sourdough starter are very simple – flour and water. Mixing them produces a live culture where yeast and bacteria ferment the sugars in flour, making byproducts that give sourdough […]
It all started two years ago, with the family pet, Bubbles. And by “pet,” Jeff and Jessica Dunkel mean a yeasty mixture of flour and water. The Dunkels were gifted the sourdough starter from San Francisco — unsure how old it was — and food scientist Jessica used it to make loaves of bread. And […]
There’s supermarket sourdough bread and then there’s Jen Dondero’s sourdough. The former is often made with commercial yeast and the “sour” is achieved by adding vinegar, acetic acid or yogurt. You may also find a long list of ingredients like preservatives to keep it fresh. In contrast, Dondero makes sourdough breads with a few simple […]
After an explosion in sourdough bread-making during the pandemic lockdown era, the naturally leavened bread remains a favorite among many, and for good reason. But is sourdough bread healthy? Sourdough is often hailed as a superfood and healthier option compared to normal bread. It’s a staple of the meal that the world’s longest-living family eats […]