Sam Whitaker · June 19, 2026
Nine years back, on a flat gray Tuesday morning, I hauled a sourdough boule out of the oven and watched it sink into something closer to a hockey puck than a proper loaf. The dough itself wasn’t to blame. Fermentation had gone exactly as planned, and the shaping held up fine. The real culprit was … Read more
Sam Whitaker · May 22, 2026
For the first two years of my sourdough journey, my loaves were flat. Not pancake-flat, but definitely not the dramatic, ear-splitting, Instagram-worthy loaves I kept seeing everywhere. I had decent flour, a healthy starter, and a solid scoring technique. Yet…
Sam Whitaker · February 11, 2026
Three separate smoke alarm shrieks tore through my apartment before I’d even poured my coffee, and there I stood, dish towel in hand, swatting frantically at a haze gathering near the ceiling — and somehow that chaotic morning ended with the single best sourdough loaf I’d managed up to that point. That accidental triumph was … Read more
