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Sourdough in the News

sourdough in the news

There are always interesting stories in the news about sourdough.

Each week we do a round up of the most interesting ones.

Sourdough News – week beginning 9th August 2021

Tom Hardy announces wacky plan to open sourdough tea room – for AA meetings

Sourdough News – week beginning 26th July 2021

Spring onions, broad beans and peas with ricotta and sourdough recipe

How Joe’s Bakery made Britain’s Best Loaf 2021

Sourdough News – week beginning 19th July 2021

Britain’s Best Loaf 2021 revealed

Inside the judging process at Britain’s Best Loaf 2021

Sourdough News – week beginning 12th July 2021

Real Bread Campaign reveals new ambassador line-up

Sourdough News – week beginning 5th July 2021

Still making your own sourdough and cooked-from-scratch curries? Great if you are, but help is at hand if not

Sourdough News – week beginning 28th June 2021

Bertinet Bakery sliced sourdough to hit Sainsbury’s shelves

Homemade Sourdough Bread Recipe from Vice

Sourdough News – week beginning 21st June 2021

Your 2021 Guide To Melbourne’s Best Sourdough Bread

Sourdough News – week beginning 14th June 2021

Great Escapes: Sourdough Maestro Bryan Ford’s Favourite Things About Baking Bread

Revealing insights into the bread arena for 2021 and beyond

Sourdough News – week beginning 7th June 2021

The old-school Bath bakers making delicious pizza and sourdough bread

Pandemic Sourdough Bakers Are Going Pro

Sourdough News – week beginning 31st May 2021

Using sourdough to raise dough for good causes

Sourdough News – week beginning 24th May 2021

World’s best breads you’ll want to try when we can travel the world again

4 Health Benefits of Sourdough Bread, According to a Dietitian

Sourdough News – week beginning 17th May 2021

From sourdough to feta pasta, home cooks find paradise on TikTok

Sourdough News – week beginning 10th May 2021

How Jamesport Sourdough rose to local bread popularity

Sourdough News – week beginning 3rd May 2021

Artisan Sourdough breads: The new favorites among Indian foodies

Sourdough News – week beginning 26th April 2021

How the pandemic triggered memories of going hungry — and how sourdough soothed my fears

Sweet and sour: Sourdough specialists make baking look easy

Sourdough News – week beginning 19th April 2021

Puratos adds organic, whole wheat product to sourdough range

Sourdough News – week beginning 12th April 2021

Save money on takeaways and make this sourdough pizza at home

Why does sourdough bread from California taste different to UK loaves?

Sourdough News – week beginning 5th April 2021

Slow and steady wins the sourdough race

Beware sugar highs: seven healthy ways to get more energy – from stretching to sourdough

James Morton: ‘The pandemic gave sourdough the recognition it deserves’

Sourdough News – week beginning 29th March 2021

Fantastic yeasts and where to find them: The science behind sourdough starters

Bertinet Bakery unveils ‘fresher for longer’ sliced sourdough

Sourdough News – week beginning 22nd March 2021

COVID Stories: Sourdough bread with a purpose

Beyond the pandemic: Invisible microbes support CSU student’s sourdough business

Sourdough News – week beginning 15th March 2021

London woman turns lockdown sourdough loaves into bakery success

Sourdough News – week beginning 8th March 2021

Let them eat cake, says leading Dublin sourdough baker

Looking for a Way to Commemorate a Year of Lockdown? Bake This Delicious Sourdough Banana Bread

Sourdough News – week beginning 1st March 2021

Actor Hugh Jackman Delivers Homemade Sourdough Bread To Pregnant ER Nurse In Brooklyn

Sourdough News – week beginning 22nd February 2021

Burger King Brought Back The Sourdough King For A Limited Time

Sourdough News – week beginning 15th February 2021

How to make sourdough pancakes in three simple steps

Cook this: Sourdough cinnamon rolls from Baked to Order

Sourdough News – week beginning 8th February 2021

The edible art of sourdough faces – in pictures

Sourdough pancakes are tipped to be one of the most popular recipes this Shrove Tuesday after a record surge in popularity since lockdown.

Got leftover starter? Amateur bakers to make sourdough pancakes their next creation

A journey in enriched sourdough: buttery, savory cheese rolls

Sourdough News – week beginning 1st February 2021

How to help your sourdough starter rise to the occasion in winter!

Sourdough microbiome revealed

Sourdough News – week beginning 25th January 2021

Why are craft bakers rolling out nationwide delivery? Sourdough hobby turned business!

Sourdough News – week beginning 18th January 2021

Sourdough is top of the list of 2021 food trends from The Week.

Sourdough News – week beginning 11th January 2021

How to step up your sourdough game according to CEO Marcus Grimerö.

The telegraph is talking about how sourdough has caught on in a big way in India.

Sourdough News – week beginning 4th January 2021

Dublin Bakery giving away free sourdough starters to lock down bakers.

Sourdough News – week beginning 28th December 2020

Guardian readers on their culinary discoveries of 2020 – sourdough is of course top of the list!

Sourdough News – week beginning 21st December 2020

This week the Naked Scientist Podcasts is talking: Is sourdough bread better for you?

Year in a word: Sourdough. From the FT.

Sourdough News – week beginning 14th December 2020

How sourdough can help us keep our sanity in 2020.

Cider-braised turnips with sourdough crumb recipe.

Sourdough News – week beginning 7th December 2020

This homemade pasta has a fermented secret ingredient – Sourdough!

Easy sourdough starter and bread recipes from Vox.

Sourdough News – week beginning 30th November 2020

Artisan bakers in fight over definition of sourdough.

Sourdough News – week beginning 23rd November 2020

How to include sourdough bread in our Thanksgiving menu.

Sourdough News – week beginning 16th November 2020

Juliet Sear’s sourdough lockdown loaf,

Sourdough News – week beginning 9th November 2020

Sourdough starter ideas: delicious new foods to try, from crumpets to noodles

Sourdough News – week beginning 2nd November 2020

Vanessa is featured by ITV, talking about the high demand for the sourdough school as second lockdown nears.

A beginner’s guide to fermentation. Sauerkraut, kombucha, sourdough and more.

Sourdough News – week beginning 26th October 2020

Vogue has 3 comforting recipes to make once you’ve mastered sourdough.

Bon Appétit have the best tools you need to make better sourdough bread.

Sourdough News – week beginning 19th October 2020

How a locked-down north Londoner started a sourdough bakery from her kitchen

Sourdough News – week beginning 12th October 2020

Sandor Katz writes for Yes! Magazine and discusses ‘The Radical Power of your sourdough starter’

Mackerel, fennel and cucumber sourdough sandwich recipe in the Telegraph.

Bon Appétit discuss why prefermenting is your ticket to baking better sourdough bread.

Sourdough News – week beginning 5th October 2020

Susannah Taylor, on why bread isn’t a baddie. Nutritional benefits of sourdough bread.

Sourdough News – week beginning 28th  September 2020

Sourdough bread and lightly salted artisan butter, claim top honours at Irish food awards.

Discovery of sourdough bread oven offers insight into a medieval Cistercian monastery

Sourdough News – week beginning 21st  September 2020

The Washington post, talk, sourdough tips and resources for former skeptics.

Sourdough News – week beginning 14th September 2020

Vanessa’s Sourdough Fizz recipes are featured by Mind Body Green online

Sourdough News – week beginning 7th September 2020

The British Baker announces support of the Real Bread Campaign’s Sourdough Loaf Mark scheme by 50 UK bakeries

Sourdough News – week beginning 31st August 2020

The Independent celebrates Sourdough September – everything you need to bake the perfect loaf

Bakery and Snacks also celebrates the launch of the 8th Sourdough September

Sourdough News – week beginning 17th August 2020

The Express publishes a new recipe: how to make a sourdough starter

Sourdough News – week beginning 10th August 2020

Dr Bill Schindler discusses the liberating empowerment of baking sourdough during a pandemic

Scientific American examines the science of sourdough and it’s rise during the pandemic

Sourdough News – week beginning 3rd August 2020

The Economist investigates why sourdough went viral as a result of the pandemic

Sourdough News – week beginning 27th July 2020

The Cut discusses being sourdough Bread Heads during the covid pandemic

Sourdough News – week beginning 11th July 2020

CBC News meets a microbiologist who studies the organisms present in sourdough starter

Sourdough News – week beginning 15th June 2020

Hobbs House Bakery, Bristol celebrates 65 years of baking sourdough with the same sourdough starter.

NetDoctor examines the health benefits of sourdough bread

Discover Magazine looks at the science of making a wild yeast sourdough starter

Sourdough News – week beginning 8th June 2020

The Daily Herald, Washington, USA looks into how the pandemic has renewed the interest in baking sourdough bread

The Insider asks why sourdough bread is healthier than commercial yeasted bread

Sourdough News – week beginning 1st June 2020

The Guardian covers all the different bakes you can make with leftover sourdough starter

Real Homes shares Jamie Oliver’s sourdough pancake recipe using up leftover starter

All Hail Kale interviews Vanessa on Fake Sourdough and her sourdough insights

The Insider tries sourdough starter as a face mask and is impressed with the results!

The Guardian explores how to make gluten free sourdough bread

Sourdough News – week beginning 27th May 2020

The Guardian explores the science of sourdough – and features Vanessa

Sourdough News – week beginning 18th May 2020

The New Yorker explores sourdough starter for the baking skeptics

The Conversation asks  – is the lockdown all about sourdough baking nostalgia?

The Times of Israel reports the global pandemic gave rise to a community of sourdough bakers

Sourdough News – week beginning 27th April 2020

Guy Adams of The Daily Mail reveals his new obsession with sourdough – with a little help from Vanessa

 

 

 

Sourdougha leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making breadMore (Definitions, Synonyms, Translation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A NEW APPROACH

👉🏻 For the past 3 years we’ve been working on something incredible … prescription sourdough bread making courses for our @sourdoughclub members 

📈We have had amazing advances in healthcare, but there is no pill to cure poor diet. The best medicine is prevention via a healthy lifestyle, and many studies have shown that people who eat healthily and exercise regularly sleep better, have less anxiety and depression, have more energy, and lower their risk of chronic illness overall.

🙌 Vanessa’s work on Bread & the Impact on the Gut Microbiome has been turned into something extraordinary. Prescription bread-making courses as a lifestyle intervention, and the Bread Protocol we teach here is designed to address the way you live, exploring behaviour related to nutrition, physical activity, stress management, sleep, social support and environmental exposures. These courses are 12 weeks long, and designed to maintain health and prevent disease not just in individuals bit in patients and populations, so we have 2 ways to enrol on a course: 

1️⃣ SOCIAL PRESCRIPTION 
If your doctor or healthcare practitioner is one of  our Sourdough School graduates and they feel that this bread-making prescription course is something that will improve your health, then they may can prescribe the course for you as a social prescription free.

2️⃣ SELF PRESCRIPTION 
You can self-prescribe these courses by enrolling yourself on a course to improve your health and wellbeing.

📰 If you are interested in learning more about the prescription courses then please sign up to the newsletters as we will be announcing their launch over the coming weeks and months. 

@vanessakimbell
@drmiguelmateas 
@dralexdavidson 
@dksherratt 

#lifestylemedicine #preventativemedicine #systemschange #socialprescribingday #socialprescribing
🧘 LAST ORDERS TODAY 🧘 I’m prepping the st 🧘 LAST ORDERS TODAY 🧘

I’m prepping the starters to post out on Thursday.

I was thinking why sourdough all these years? I guess it’s because is alive… it’s a culture of wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria. We might like to think we can control it, but we can’t control everything. Things change when we bake. The flour changes, the ambient temperature changes, or something happens during the middle of the day and your baking routine changes.

We can be very critical of ourselves. Starting the day by looking in the mirror and criticising our physical appearance. Or looking at something we’ve done or said and overanalysing it. Often, without realising, some of us can be incredibly negative.
It’s the same with bread. I notice that many people are self-depreciating and, while they aspire to make beautiful loaves, they have a distinct lack of acceptance that creating a really aesthetically stunning loaves takes time. It’s an art. It takes many years to be able to understand the nuances of each flour and how each one behaves to create bread. There is no instant fix. And I wouldn’t want there to be.

If you want an instant fix, go out and buy a packet mix – that way the work is done for you. In sourdough there’s no instant fix. That is the whole point of it really. That’s why we celebrate when we do make those incredibly beautiful loaves. And what you are actually celebrating isn’t high levels of gluten or high levels of hydration. It’s that person’s ability to have understood and connected to the flour, to their environment, to the yeast, to the timings and rhythm and everything coming together to create something that is joyous to eat.

To learn more about what we do here at The Sourdough Club and the courses we teach, follow the link in the bio to read 

#mindfulbaking #sourdough #sourdoughsclub #bread #sourdoughlove #sourdoughlover #naturalleavened #leavening #realbread #breadmaking #bakebread #makebread #makerealbread #sourdoughstories #bakingforlove #bakingtherapy #sourdoughbaking
🧂 ARTISAN INGREDIENTS FOR ARTISAN BREAD 🧂 A 🧂 ARTISAN INGREDIENTS FOR ARTISAN BREAD 🧂

Artisan bread starts with artisan ingredients. Honest ingredients that have been grown and harvested with respect for both the people and the earth. The flour has to be organic, the water chlorine free and the yeast has to be sourdough, and so it follows that the salt has to be similarly harvested with principles that are in synergy with our own. Salt making was, up until the industrial revolution, an artisanal craft. Much like bread making salt is also an artisan product that has been industrialised, so we use a hand-harvested salt in our bread.
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In our shop, we sell unrefined salt specifically for sourdough - Natural salt contains all of its trace minerals and other elements that are naturally a part of its origin. Our salt is not exposed to chemicals and does not contain anti-caking agents.
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Follow the link in our bio to our shop, where you can find the best artisan ingredients for your bread! 
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#artisan #salt #iamamember #sourdoughclub #sourdough #sourdoughbread #naturallyleavened #realbread #sourdoughbaking #bakingbread #breadmaking #homebakedbread #sourdoughlove
DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE AN ONLINE SHOP & CAN PURCHASE DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE AN ONLINE SHOP & CAN PURCHASE MY WHITE SOURDOUGH STARTER?
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I have several sourdough starters but The French white starter is one that I have been using since I was 11 years old and originates in the bakery I grew up baking within France. It takes a bit longer to reach it’s peak and is generally slower and sweeter, and much more forgiving of being neglected for a week, so the one I recommend for beginners. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We have verbal confirmation that the starter originated over 115 years ago and If you swipe right in the video you can listen to me chatting to one of the older residents of the village confirming that bakery did not shut during the war either .. & it has been maintained ever since... it’s a lovely story. Although the microbes double every 20 – 30 minutes when they are refreshed ... so it is either over a century old or 30 minutes old depending on how you want to look at it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
You can purchase a pot of my starter, along with a grey moon kilner jar & a mini video course on looking after your starter. 
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TAP THE PICTURE TO SHOP.
 
Swipe right to see the amazing video of the French bakery where the starter originated from @vanessakimbell has been baking with this starter for over 20 years … and first baked almost 40 years ago with it …#romantic 
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#breadbosses #breadporn #flourwatersalt #breadtalk #bread #breadstagram #sourdough #sourdoughschool #bread #sourdoughlove #sourdoughlover #naturalleavened #leavening #levain #realbread #breadmaking #bakebread #makebread #makerealbread #learntobakebread #breadmakingclass #sourdoughstories #bakingforlove #bakingtherapy #sourdoughbaking #bannetons #bakery
🌾 BARLEY - DO AS THE ROMANS DO 🌾
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Oats & Barley. We love both, but this week we have been diving to barley with our students, learning about nutritional value, what role plays in supporting key butyrate producers for gut health and why gladiators were call 'barley-eaters'!
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And naturally, we will be talking about how we can incorporate barley into our baking and our botanical blends.
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To find out more, become a student of the Sourdough Club! 
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#grains #wheat #einkorn #emmer #spelt #heritagegrains #freshlymilledflour #milledflour #milling #freshlymilled #botanicalblend #fromscratch #unrefined #mockmillproud #mockmill
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