Apartment Therapy Tagged: sourdough

Crust and Crumb: A Return to Baking Bread

Our very favorite thing about fall isn't apple picking, or seeing all the great produce at the market, or even gearing up for the approaching holidays. It's the ability to turn on our oven again! And ...

Help! What To Do With an Over-Active Starter?
Good Questions

Q: About a month or so ago I decided my bread making skills had improved enough to try keeping a starter. I followed Alton Brown's starter recipe and put the whole thing in a mason jar in my fridge. W...

Bread Baker Survey: Do You Keep Multiple Starters?

As we've worked through Local Breads by Daniel Leader, we have quickly realized that we could fill our refrigerators and counter-tops with nothing but starters of various types and pedigrees. Literall...

Book Review: Local Breads by Daniel Leader

"Flour makes a difference, but don't obsess about it." We loved this bit of advice from Daniel Leader's new book, Local Breads: Sourdough and Whole-Grain Recipes from Europe's Best Artisan Bakers. I...

Delayed-Fermentation: Getting More Flavor From Your Sourdough

Once you get the hang of basic sourdough bread, it can be really fun to start branching out and getting creative with flavor. One of the simplest ways to get a different (and some would say 'better'!)...

Recipe: Beginner Sourdough Loaf

Ready to take your starter for a spin?! This beginner loaf uses straight sourdough starter and a bit of yeast to help with the rising. With this recipe, we're more interested in getting that great so...

Food Science: What is Sourdough?

For anyone who began a sourdough starter from our recipe last week, we hope your starter is bubbling happily right now! If the surface is frothy and you get a sharp whiff of vinegar when you peek unde...

Recipe: Basic Sourdough Starter

Despite all the legends of sourdough starters being passed for generations of French families, let us assure you that making sourdough starter at home is truly not as scary as it sounds. No expensive ...

Weekend Inspiration: Memories of Sourdough

We're not ashamed to admit that our first memory of sourdough was the "San Francisco Sandwich" that the Hardee's fast food chain carried for a while back in the '90's. It's hard to remember what it wa...