Tips & Tricks

My dear SourdoughManiacs, sourdough is coming back in great swing. Mostly thanks to the covid virus that gave us enough time to experiment at home in our own kitchen. And also because there was shortage of commercial yeast. If there’s no yeast in the store, what can we do? We turn to the old proven…

HOW TO GET THE PERFECT EAR DESIGN [Anita’s Fermented Tips & Tricks] Dear Sourdoughmaniacs, We’ve all seen it proudly gracing the Instagram feeds of many an established, seasoned, and well-fermented baker – the (in)famous open “ear” design. Although every loaf made with love and care is a beautiful loaf in my book – regardless of…

 A few weeks ago, I asked you what you would like to see more of on my profile. My inbox was flooded with questions and requests such as these: Dear Anita, I’m a new baker and I don’t have any fancy tools. Should I even bother? I don’t have a proofing basket, what now? I…

Dear Sourdoughmaniacs, ? Have you scored yet today? By that I of course mean if your loaves are still chilling in the fridge, waiting for you to pick a pattern or if they are already caramelizing in the oven. If you need some help deciding on what to score, maybe this video will give you…

Today, I would like to teach you my method of creating your very own sourdough starter, also known as mother dough, mother culture, lievito madre, and many other culturally diverse expressions. Whether you are a complete sourdough beginner, have been successfully baking for years, have tried making your own sourdough starter before and were unsuccessful,…

Dear Sourdoughmaniacs,  I’m sure many of you know I am always down for a good book, or two… or three – my fellow bookworms can relate – and for me Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy is truly iconic.  So, in honor of it being Towel Day, and in the spirit of not taking…

Dear Sourdoughmaniacs,  I am overwhelmed by your incredible response to my sourdough starter tutorial. You are amazing and you really know how to bubble this baker’s starter. So, thank you for actively building such an incredible community with me.  Before I get too sentimental, and overhydrate this post with happy tears, how about we jump…

Dear Sourdoughmaniacs,  Right now you are probably thinking… Anita, what’s with the math homework, can’t we just bake bread and forget about the numbers? And I get it, we Sourdoughmaniacs mostly prefer a crunchy crust over crunching numbers… but for the best possible sourdough success, a little math is necessary, especially when you are just…

Why do my loaves never come out right? I have no idea how to handle my dough! What now? My dough is so hard to score. Once I cut it, it just pools out even though I used a proofing basket… If these struggles sound familiar, allow me to give you a few fermented tips…