When I first began making a sourdough starter from scratch, one thing that bothered me was the concept of "discarding" half of the flour and water mixture at least once, sometimes twice a day. Luckily ...

If you’re one of the thousands of people who has recently started baking sourdough bread, you know that feeding the starter—and discarding some of it—is part of the process. But caring for your ...

Sourdough is having a moment—many people are hunkering down at home and embarking on new projects, including baking homemade bread. Using store-bought yeast is one option if you can find it, but ...

Not only will you have a mature starter to make artisanal bread, but you can use the discard to make discard bread, biscuits, muffins, and pancakes! you don't HAVE to throw the discard away!

If you’ve spent much of the quarantine channeling your inner Gold Rush pioneer, baking sourdough bread and feeding your named starter, well, welcome to the secret floured handshake society. Sourdough ...

Making sourdough bread at home has been a growing trend. With the help of social media, beginner bakers have been making recipes at home with guided instruction. The process of making sourdough bread ...

Thanks to a growing interest in all things fermented, sourdough is more popular than ever—and for good reason. The perfect piece of sourdough is chewy and distinctively tangy, more complex in flavor ...

Early in the pandemic, lots of new bakers turned to sourdough, But in case you are somehow sick of that classic sourdough loaf, baker and blogger Bryan Ford has some ideas. Early in the pandemic, so ...

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