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Monday Mix 9/11/23

Stir it up

Andrew Janjigian

Sep 11, 2023

Two images of piles of sourdough starter stirrers, mini dough whisks specifically for stirring small quantities of sourdough starter. The ones on the left are made using vintage file handles, the ones on the right, new ones.

Happy Mondays, everyone. Just a quick note to start the week. I’ve got a preview of

Lerato Umah-Shaylor

‘s new book to share Africana later this week, and I’m doing an interview with a leading expert in “open crumb” sourdough baking later today that I am excited to share with you all soon.

I’ve also begun making new batches of my sourdough starter stirrers—in two flavors—and have re-listed them in my shop today:

If you are a paid subscriber, don’t forget to use the discount code that you should find at the top of every email for 20% off anything in the shop, including the stirrers.

See you all in a few days.

—Andrew