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Workshop: Start a Sourdough Starter and Keep It Alive!

Posted on June 3, 2025June 3, 2025by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A flip-top jar of bubbly sourdough starter sits on a black table

All you need to start and nurture a lively sourdough starter culture are flour, water, time and a bit of know-how. In this Zoom class, I’ll show you how to start a starter culture—and how to keep it alive. Bring your questions and I’ll answer them after the demo. Class takes place on Tuesday, June […]

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How to Bake Sourdough Bread Without Accumulating More Discard

Posted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A loaf of whole wheat sourdough bread cut in half to show the interior crumb

Before making the leaven, feeding your starter an extra meal results in better bread but also extra discard. Follow this method to build up a leaven without adding starter to the discard pile.

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How to Manage Your Jar of Sourdough Discard

Posted on August 4, 2022January 9, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A very small jar next to a very large jars of sourdough starter is faded out with text appearing across the image, saying "Discard isn't discard until you discard it"

What is sourdough discard? How long does it keep? What can I do with it? How can I tell if it’s bad? These sourdough discard FAQs reveal all.

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Sourdough-Potato Focaccia Made With Simple Ingredients and Tools

Posted on October 4, 2021December 2, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
slab of sourdough potato focaccia topped with garlic cloves and cooking on a silver cooling rack

Do you love sourdough bread? Do you love potatoes? This sourdough-potato focaccia is for you. It requires humble ingredients and simple tools.

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How to Make a Gluten-Free Sourdough Starter

Posted on June 11, 2021September 28, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau

I ground up teff grains in my grain mills to make a gluten-free sourdough starter but store-bought flour also works as do various grains.

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How to Deal with Your Sourdough Starter When You Travel

Posted on May 26, 2021May 8, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau

If you plan to travel after a year plus of lockdowns, during which time you adopted a pet sourdough starter, will you have to find it a sitter?

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Sourdough Bread Zoom Classes (and a Recorded Starter Class)

Posted on December 9, 2020December 9, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

By popular demand! Live online sourdough bread classes. Learn to make this 3-ingredient bread from the comfort of your kitchen.

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Sourdough Discard Vegan Pumpkin (or Squash) Ginger Cake

Posted on November 30, 2020November 30, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

If you started baking sourdough bread, bake this sourdough pumpkin ginger cake to use up discard left over from feeding your pet starter.

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Free Sourdough Starter Zoom Class!

Posted on November 14, 2020November 21, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau
sourdough starters in glass jars

Mark your calendars! Free sourdough starter Zoom class on December 3rd. Bring a jar, flour and water and we’ll make our starters together.

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