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Dormant Sourdough Starter: Is It Dead or Just Sleeping? (How to Tell and How to Wake It Up)

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Dormant Sourdough Starter: Is It Dead or Just Sleeping? (How to Tell and How to Wake It Up)

I stared at the jar sitting on my kitchen counter, and my stomach sank. It had been three weeks since I’d fed my sourdough starter—three weeks of life getting in the way, of forgotten intentions, of the kind of neglect that makes you feel like a terrible baker. The surface was dark and crusty. There … Read more

Reviving a Dead Starter: How I Brought Mine Back After 4 Months in the Fridge

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Reviving a Dead Starter: How I Brought Mine Back After 4 Months in the Fridge

I opened the fridge to grab some leftover pasta, and there it was — a mason jar shoved all the way to the back, behind the mustard and a suspicious block of cheese, wearing a gray-brown liquid hat like some kind of sourdough Ghost of Christmas Past. I had completely forgotten about my starter. For … Read more