Just you, that starter, and a recipe from your bread-obsessed neighbor. Welcome to the sourdough lifestyle. Over time, this cozy hobby can turn any budding baker into a budding chemist.

Sourdough bread is made using a starter. A sourdough starter is created through combining flour and water. It takes several days to establish, but can be used for potentially hundreds of years.

Truth is, I like sourdough bread when someone else makes it — say, the corner French bakery. It takes dedication to nurse the slurry of flour and water into a mature, sour, puddinglike glop that ...

That’s because sourdough bread is easy to make. Instead of using baker’s yeast, sourdough bread relies on a starter: a mixture of water and flour that develops a population of wild yeast.

When the world around us stops making sense, I find comfort and clarity in bread. Opinion By Lexie Smith Graphics by Sara Chodosh. Illustrations by Karlotta Freier. Lexie Smith is a baker who ...

I started making sourdough bread six years ago and have since fallen in love with the hobby.; Initially, I didn't realize how often the sourdough starter had to be fed. I also didn't know I could ...

While bread-making usually doesn’t require technology, the Breadwinner shows that adding in some tech can make it lot easier to live your life while you tend to your starter.

In addition to prebiotics, Dr. Bulsiewicz says sourdough bread can be helpful for those with digestion concerns. “The other thing [microbes in sourdough] are doing is reducing some of the things ...