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Color Coded Corn Porridge Loaves: An exercise in sourdough recipe development

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Barry W

When getting started with sourdough baking finding a sourdough starter guide and beginner recipe to follow are often one’s first steps. However, anxious moments ensue when things don’t appear to be going as described and research shifts to troubleshooting articles, … Continue reading →

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TBP Feature: An Audio-Visual tour of Castle Valley Mill (Doylestown, PA)

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Barry W

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 →

Posted in Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves, Sourdough Bread | Tagged 18th century flour mill, Bucks County Pennsylvania, Castle Valley Mill, Einkorn flour, flour mill tour, heirloom corn, Mark Fischer, restored flour mill, stone ground flours, water powered mill | Leave a comment

Meet the Baker Behind the Loaves: Mark and Fran Fischer of Castle Valley Mill

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Barry W

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 →