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...
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...
The lactic acid within sourdough gives it that trademark sour-tasting flavor it’s named for, making this a very sought-after type of bread to bake. If this will be your first time baking sourdough,...
Anyone who bakes using their own home-made sourdough starter knows the drill. While we are feeding the never-ending appetite of our starter a.k.a the monster (kind of like the monster from little...
Dehydrating your sourdough starter is a clever way to maintain a "time capsule" of your starter. When you dry out your starter you are essentially creating your own dry wild yeast which can be...
