Demystifying Sourdough by Paula Marcoux

Are you natural-leavening-curious? Or did you, like so many, take to sourdough baking during lockdown, and then become a bit frustrated with conflicting instructions from mystical authorities? Or maybe you’re already a seasoned home-baker, but you sometimes feel like your sourdough culture is controlling you, rather than the other way around? This presentation is an opportunity for new bakers to learn the basics for success and acquire their own culture to take home and love. It’s also a chance for those with questions or reservations about their own practices to perhaps refresh their understanding. This discussion will not dwell on the minute science behind the workings of a leavening culture—rather it will seek to cultivate a more intuitive, trusting, sustainable relationship between bakers and the friendly, obliging, helpful microbial communities that serve us.