Class Time: Sourdough Discard 101
Just about everyone knows what sourdough discard is, but in case it’s new to you: Sourdough discard is what’s left behind after you refresh your starter. Or if you are paranoid like me, it’s what your backup sourdough culture becomes once you’ve refreshed your starter and
Recipe: Diner-Style Sourdough Discard Pancakes
For the Flour Ambassador
Friday Bread Basket: 10/9/20
Before I share this week’s roundup of recommended links, I wanted to let everyone know that—one month into Wordloaf’s new incarnation—I’ve restored the ability to sign up for paid subscriptions, which are currently priced at $5/month and $50/year. As I mentioned before, most
Subscriptions to Wordloaf
are back
Real mature
The other day I sent out a detailed new version of my Quarantiny Starter method, but I wanted to focus in on one aspect of the process, namely knowing when you are getting somewhere with it. I’m no fan of the “crumb shot” trope and the macho obsession with
Not-Quite-So-Tiny Starter
aka Quarantinystarter 2.0
Friday Bread Basket - 10/2/20
I’m still working out the contours of this newsletter, but it is starting to take shape and evolve. My current thinking is to now share three free posts a week, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, with one recipe, one instructional post, and a Friday hodgepodge of whatnots that will
Recipe: The Loaf
one formula to rule them all
Class Time: Sourdough Microbiology 101
Later today I am guest-lecturing for Dr. Don Pfister’s Harvard College mycology class, one I took myself back when I was one of his graduate students. He asked me to speak to the class about the Quarantinystarter project, sourdough starters, and sourdough microbiology. Seeing as I had to brush
