Monday Open Thread 5/16/22
Baker Crush Edition
We got a flurry of new subscribers here over the last few days, thanks to my friend (and personal baker crush) Tara Jensen sharing a “20 Questions” interview she asked me to do on her newsletter, which you can read here if you are interested. Thanks to all who just joined up, so nice to have you here. Feel free to introduce yourselves to the 6800 or so others who make Wordloaf such a vibrant place for breadheads to hang out. Mondays are when we catch up with one another and share news of our bread baking triumphs and travails.
If you don’t know Tara (it seems impossible that anyone doesn’t know Tara at this point), you need to! She is a sourdough WIZARD who has taught countless people how to bake with natural ferments, starting with her 2018 book, A Baker's Year. Her next book, Flour Power, drops in August, and I can not wait for it. (I hope to share some excerpts and recipes when it does):
—Andrew
https://www.stirthepots.com/2022/05/andrew-janjigian-first-is-a-scientist-turned-writer-and-boulanger-we-came-up-onto-my-screen-during-a-gabriele.html and this maybe helped?
Happy Monday Y'all!! Busy week this past week! 6 deep dish sourdough focaccias again, and 5 loaves of SD, 4 loaves of Amish Cinnamon Bread, along with a test run of a blueberry cream pie, and Shokupan too. Blueberry Cornbread gifted to a neighbor, and of course pizza on the Ooni - we have started a new tradition in our 'hood, we make an extra pizza on Friday nights and offer it up to someone on our neighborhood FB group. Sometimes they come by and join us for their pizza on the front porch or sometimes they take it with them. And wine too! Needless to say i'm keeping busy in retirement.
I'm going through a lot of KA AP flour, still getting it at Costco. Ingredient prices have gone crazy, right? Trying to not raise pricing in my little home bakery but flour alone has gone up 20% over the last 9 months or so. Ideas??
Have a fabulous week all!