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Make sourdough bread starter from scratch

Make sourdough bread starter from scratch

How do I make a sourdough bread ferment? It's surprisingly simple, but it takes 5 days. Once you've made it, you can use the same ferment or leaven or starter for years, assuming you like the flavour. Simply follow the instructions below to keep your ferment thriving....

Best Chemical Brothers Mix

Best Chemical Brothers Mix

What is the best Chemical Brothers Mix? Listen to Classic Chemical Brothers mix - remixed byAble Baker Charlie on hearthis.at Well, this could be a contender, even though the brothers were the inspiration rather than on the wheels of steel for this one. Thirty years...

To Those Who Follow in Our Wake

To Those Who Follow in Our Wake

I. Truly, I live in dark times! An artless word is foolish. A smooth forehead Points to insensitivity. He who laughs Has not yet received The terrible news. What times are these, in which A conversation about trees is almost a crime For in doing so we maintain our...

What Kind of Times Are These?

What Kind of Times Are These?

There's a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphill and the old revolutionary road breaks off into shadows near a meeting-house abandoned by the persecuted who disappeared into those shadows. I've walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of...