September 20, 2025September 20, 2025Bread, Featured Testing the Poolish Calculator I’ve been dabbling in bread baking for quite some time—close to 20 years, in fact. Back then, I picked up a copy […] Read more
August 12, 2025August 12, 2025Bread, Featured Embarking on a Sourdough Adventure I’ve been baking bread on a regular basis for about three years now, ever since I retired. In that time, I’ve tried […] Read more
July 24, 2025July 24, 2025Bread, Featured The Yeasty Beasties of Biga: A Preferment Primer (with a Poolish Punchline) Ah, preferments. Not a bunch of hobbits in a bread shire, but the secret sauce of many an artisan loaf. Let’s dive […] Read more
June 25, 2025June 25, 2025Bread, Featured Tomatoes, Tölts, and Toasted Goodness: My Icelandic Foodie Pilgrimage What do horses, greenhouses, and volcanic bread have in common? Apparently, lunch. On a recent trip to the land of glaciers, geysers, […] Read more
June 14, 2025June 14, 2025Bread, Featured Common Bread Baking Tools Because sometimes your hands need a little backup. I recently got a letter from a viewer (well – an email actually!) asking […] Read more
June 8, 2025June 12, 2025Bread, Featured Making It Poolish Style 🥖💻 Now Live: The Poolish Converter App – Because Your Bread Deserves a 2-Day Career Plan Greetings, fellow flour flingers and digital […] Read more
June 6, 2025June 12, 2025Bread, Featured Why Every Baker Should Use a Preferment (a.k.a. The Secret Weapon Your Dough Deserves) By Ross Contino | Bytes, Bread, and Barbecue So you’ve mastered mixing, you’re shaping like a champ, and your sourdough starter only […] Read more