At What Stage of the Baking Should you Add the Add-Ins to Your Bread Dough?
So, you’ve mastered baking bread, or maybe you haven’t. Either way, you’re feeling adventurous and want to add a little je ne sais quois to up your bread game. Should you, can you just toss in...
What is the Difference Between a Sourdough “Mother” (the Starter) and “Levain”?
It's certainly been said before, but making sourdough really can be likened to taking care of a baby. Obviously, it's not quite the same, but there’s a lot of time, care, maintenance, and feeding...
So you’ve gone ahead and joined the sourdough bandwagon, or perhaps this is an old hat for you - and you’ve had the same sourdough starter for several years. Either way, at one point or another...
Can I Take My Sourdough Starter on a Commercial Flight When Traveling?
This isn’t your first flight, so you generally know which items are and aren’t allowable per TSA rules. Yet this time, you want to bring an item you have yet to take on a plane: your sourdough...
What Are the Differences Between Fresh yeast, Dry Yeast, and Sourdough Starter?
Here is a question i get all the time. Why should i use a sourdough starrer instead of dry yeast and what are the differences between them? The differences between fresh and dry yeast and...
Why Does My Bread Dough Spread or Rise Outward Instead of Up, and How to Fix it
It can be pretty disheartening to witness the bread dough that you poured your heart and soul into spread out rather than rise up during proofing. Don’t fret though; it’s not you, it’s the...
