fermentation guide

Fermentation Temperature and Timing: The Guide I Wish Existed When I Started

· April 1, 2026
Fermentation Temperature and Timing: The Guide I Wish Existed When I Started

The dough sat there on my counter, flat as a pancake and weeping a thin film of liquid across the top, giving off a sour-but-wrong smell — sharper than the usual tang, almost tipped over from ripe into rotten. It was pushing 11 on a Sunday night, two full days of careful tending headed straight … Read more

How to Create a Sourdough Starter From Scratch: A Foolproof 7-Day Guide

· December 17, 2025
How to Create a Sourdough Starter From Scratch: A Foolproof 7-Day Guide

Scroll through enough recipe blogs and you’ll run into two completely contradictory pieces of advice on the same topic: one camp swears you need a splash of pineapple juice or a few crushed grapes to “jumpstart” a starter, while another insists plain flour and water is all you’ll ever need. The pineapple-juice crowd is wrong … Read more