Best thing I ate this week: Stop rage baking and buy this sourdough bread instead

Critic Brad A. Johnson set out to bake sourdough bread at home like everyone else on quarantine. Fortunately the grocery store was sold out of flour.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • May 6, 2020
“Everyone and their damned sourdough starter!” That was the swift sentiment from a friend when I told her I was going to write about sourdough. It seems like everyone is baking sourdough at home these days. I think this trend is a result of the...
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