Sam Whitaker · January 20, 2026
No recipe card, no starter guide, no baking book ever prepares you for the exact moment you lift the lid and discover something growing on your starter that absolutely was not there the day before. They’ll spell out feeding ratios and rise windows down to the hour, but nobody warns you what to do at … Read more
Sam Whitaker · January 19, 2026
The lid barely cracked open before that sharp, boozy tang hit me — sitting right on top of my starter was a thin layer of grayish liquid I hadn’t seen before, pooled like something had gone wrong overnight. This was a starter I’d been babying for three months, and my brain immediately jumped to worst-case … Read more
Sam Whitaker · December 1, 2025
Quick Links: Jump to What You Need Where to Start My hands are still tacky with dough, the loaf on the bench just got its final shape, and my brain has already jumped ahead to that jar sitting untouched on the counter — that’s usually when this crisis hits. No long story right now, just … Read more
