Anyone have any good sourdough recipes? Nephew gave me some of his starter

[mariadnoca]

This *is* fascinating! So does this mean starter doesn't make a difference?

and/or I should just make my own?

I was going to say, well I am in SF (or at least my bread comes from there, technically I'm 40 miles south, but just a couple off the bay so thought airborne yeast and bacteria might not be too different and I might replicate it), but if we are talking changes neighborhood to neighborhood, wow. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised given our micro-climates.

Now I'm wondering if the bread from childhood was different because the bay was different (lots of folks online recall the difference so it's not just me - there were rival bakeries that had distinct taste differences, the old Larraburu bakery for example. I'd thought it was the starter). I saw a PBS special the other night called Saving The Bay, really good btw, and the bay still dealing with fallout from the gold/silver mining not to mention how toxic it started getting by the time I was a kid. So maybe all that played into it?

 

[daricem]

Sour Flour SF Workshop- May 22 2013

I am hosting a workshop at my branch library- in San Francisco- on May 22, 7-8:45pm
Sour Flour will demonstrate how to make a sourdough starter.
Let me know if you want to attend
Darice

 

[mariadnoca]

Thanks....

Good to "see" you!

FYI, I edited your post to delete your phone number, so the internet doesn't mine it.

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[heather_in_sf]

Please tell Danny hello from me, Darice, he's the baker I apprenticed with and mentioned above.