Thank you Mike, your site has given me so much help. It is clear, intelligent and most importantly, not scary. Your site pushed me to take the plunge into pain au levain. I cannot tell you how much enjoyment I get out of the magic of baking bread.
2019-04-24 How Embarrassing! Oh, how embarrassing! I’d attributed the 20% Bran Flour ideato Joe Ortiz, who wrote “The Village Baker”, when it should have been attributed to Dan Leader, who wrote “Bread Alone”. Since I haven’t heard from either baker/author’s lawyer, I assume no one noticed, or cared. Still, apologies to both gentlemen, as well …
2003-04-22 Lets Catch Up! WOW!!! Has it been that long? I guess so! Since I last wrote here, we held the “Introduction to Sourdough” class in the Johnson Building Art Gallery. It was great! Six people showed up, and they left with two loaves of wonderful bread each, as well as pizza leftovers. The …