Episode: 5

Bake with me! "A lot of us think that sourdough is a style of bread," the writer Michael Pollan said. "But sourdough is, is the traditional way that bread was made until only about 100 years ago. Sourdough is the proper way to make bread," It is certainly a simple way to make bread, at least once you have a starter up and going, though the process takes time, because the wild yeast in a sourdough starter is less vigorous than its commercial counterparts. Make bread with a sourdough starter, and the dough rises slowly as the starter ferments and changes, and as it reacts to all manner of factors, like flour type, air temperature, humidity and altitude. Be part of the next show https://staging.f.chat/uq5E