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Category Archives: Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves
TBP Feature: An Audio-Visual tour of Castle Valley Mill (Doylestown, PA)
While I’ve been homebrewing beer since 2009, I’ve yet to visit a malt house or interview a maltster. However, ever since dipping both feet into sourdough baking this past April, I’ve done increasingly more research on the cultivation and milling … Continue reading
Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves: Mark and Fran Fischer of Castle Valley Mill
This past July I was three months into my sourdough baking journey and spending lots of time perusing social media and researching ingredients, recipes and techniques. It so happened that towards the end of the month, a cousin of mine … Continue reading
Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves: Kevin Morse of Cairnspring Mills
Going beyond the grocery store shelf to find what makes up the foods we eat and where the ingredients that we cook and bake with come from, often leads to some eye opening discoveries. Taking one from goods defined by … Continue reading
Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves: Hannah Dela Cruz of Make It Dough
Adapt, bake, and share. Three tasks that every baker, sourdough or not, completes each time he or she bakes. Adapting entails paying attention to things like the weather (or local climate), hydration limits of flour, time, and recipe constraints. Next, … Continue reading
Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves: Living Bread Is…
So far the last question of every Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves series article has been “Sourdough bread is often called “living bread.” What do the terms “living bread” and “living food” mean to you? ” In this video … Continue reading
Meet The Baker Behind the Loaves: Inna Surita-Emmons of The Flour Floozy
Epiphany (noun)- a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. Appearance, texture, aroma, and flavor; sourdough bread has them all in abundance. … Continue reading
Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves: Anne Clapper of The Family Crumb
Cottage bakery (n) – a bakery approved by state”cottage food” laws which allow entrepreneurial cooks and bakers to sell food from home under clearly defined conditions. Those conditions vary among jurisdictions, but usually include limits on the kinds of food you can sell and how much money … Continue reading
Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves: Melissa Johnson of Breadtopia
What does it take to become a “bread writer?” With so many beginner sourdough books and blogs available nowadays, finding what makes one’s perspective on this growing hobby unique has become increasingly important. However, when authoring a cookbook, this factor … Continue reading
Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves: Sune “Foodgeek” Trudslev
Challenging conventional wisdom on a regular basis takes courage and tenacity. In my experience, though, doing so often helps hobbyists of all experience levels view commonly utilized techniques as less intimidating and detail-oriented. With so many beginner and advanced sourdough … Continue reading
Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves: Paul Lebeau of Wolfgang Mock Companies
Humility, integrity, and conviction…Three qualities that I feel are essential for living one’s life according to a mission statement and its ever evolving reach. While the word ‘passion’ gets used a lot when discussing one’s sense of ferver towards pursuing … Continue reading
