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EPISODE · Feb 3, 2026 · 38 MIN

Unfussy Sourdough, for Better or for Worse

from SALT PIG · host Elinor Hutton & Lukas Volger

Welcome to Salt Pig! This week Ellie and Lukas discuss our sourdough bread baking journeys and all the practical and existential questions it provokes: How many starters has Ellie killed? Can you bake sourdough without being consumed with fussiness? How far is too far when experimenting with sourdough discard? What is a “real” baker anyhow?? Join us! Discussed in this episode:Il Buco: Stories and Recipes by Donna Lennard with Joshua David SteinTartine Bread by Chad RobertsonThe Perfect Loaf by Maurizio LeoKing Arthur Baking's Sourdough Discard CrackersKing Arthur Baking's Sourdough Granola (and Lukas' adaptation) Alexandra Stafford's website Alexandra CooksLukas' Bread Machine Cookbook Instagram | Substack

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Welcome to Salt Pig! This week Ellie and Lukas discuss our sourdough bread baking journeys and all the practical and existential questions it provokes: How many starters has Ellie killed? Can you bake sourdough without being consumed with fussiness? How far is too far when experimenting with sourdough discard? What is a “real” baker anyhow?? Join us! Discussed in this episode: Il Buco: Stories and Recipes by Donna Lennard with Joshua David SteinTartine Bread by Chad RobertsonThe Perfect...

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