Jennifer Lapidus - Southern Ground: Reclaiming Flavor Through Stone-Milled Flour

Erik Fabian talks with Jennifer Lapidus about her cookbook: Southern Ground: Reclaiming Flavor Through Stone-Milled Flour. Jennifer Lapidus is the founder and principal of Carolina Ground flour mill in western North Carolina. In 1994, she launched Natural Bridge Bakery just outside Asheville, NC, where she milled her flours in-house and baked her naturally leavened breads in a wood-fired brick oven for 14 years. Jennifer now sits on the board of Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and is co-organizer of the Asheville Bread Festival.Carolina Ground offers a range of locally-grown and ground pastry, bread, and rye flour that are used in bakeries from VA to Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and support a network of organic farmers, bakers, and millers invested in sustainable food systems.Southern Ground traces the history of Jennifer's mill and the network she helped build. Celebrating the work of craft bakers from all over the South the book includes more than seventy-five recipes arranged by grain. It is a love letter to Southern baking and a call for the home baker to understand the source and makeup of their most important ingredient: flour.We talk about tips for baking with fresh, stone-ground flour, creating community around projects and the history of the local flour economy in the Southeastern United States.Where to buy Jennifer's book:https://carolinaground.com/flourshop/southerngroundMore about Jennifer Lapidus:carolinaground.comIG: @carolinagroundMore About Sourhouse:sourhouse.coIG: @lifeatsourhouseWhat sourdough cookbook author should we talk to next? Send your feedback & suggestions to: [email protected] 10% off your first order of Sourhouse tools at sourhouse.co with the code: PODCASThttps://sourhouse.co --Download your free Sourhouse Community Cookbook: https://sourhouse.co/community-cookbook--Bake This Book is a trademark of Sourhouse LLC.