Gluten Development in Sourdough: Why You Stretch and Fold (And What It’s Doing to Your Bread)

Gluten Development in Sourdough: Why You Stretch and Fold (And What It's Doing to Your Bread)

I still cringe when I think about the loaf I proudly slid onto the counter for my in-laws’ first visit. It looked like a deflated football. A sad, pale, gummy deflated football. My mother-in-law, bless her, picked it up, turned it over twice, and said, “Oh, how… rustic.” Reader, it was not rustic. It was … Read more

Gluten and Sourdough: Can Long Fermentation Make Bread Tolerable for Sensitive People

Gluten and Sourdough: Can Long Fermentation Make Bread Tolerable for Sensitive People

I still remember the afternoon a close friend stood in my kitchen, eyeing the golden sourdough loaf I’d just pulled from the Dutch oven, and said quietly, “I wish I could eat that. Bread just destroys me.” She didn’t have celiac disease — her doctor had chalked it up to gluten sensitivity — but she’d … Read more