Many sourdough recipes call for a mature starter or a ripe starter. The only problem with that is, many recipes don't explain what those terms mean. I've said this so many times I've lost count, but...

One of the biggest mysteries to me when we first started baking had to do with how and why bread dough went through a rise. All things relating to a rise had me quite curious. Because of that, we've...

I can remember the nervousness I felt when we first saw gray liquid on top of our starter. We'd been warned about it, even told it would happen and not to worry about it. But still, we worried....

I think we hear this question so often because we recommend doing the final rise (proof) in the fridge for most of our sourdough recipes. Or maybe, it's just recommended by so many bakers that it can...

One of the biggest problems when it comes to making bread at home is managing cold temperatures during winter. The irony is that many people often catch the baking bug during the winter. Right when...

I remember these days. :-) I was watching some videos over on youtube and folks kept talking about ears on their bread and I had no idea what they meant. Us hobbyists tend to completely forget that...