For those of you not in our local pick up and delivery area - as much as we'd love to get you bread that is fresh out of the oven, we've found that freezing it preserves the quality and allows us to ship sourdough around the country. Our frozen sourdough loaves are allowed to cool [...]
Whole wheat flour is often touted as being the healthier flour when compared to white flour. The bran (the part of the wheat that is present in whole wheat flour but is removed from white flour) is where most of the vitamins and minerals of wheat are contained. But are those vitamins and minerals even [...]
When it comes to grains there are two extremes. There’s the mainstream that says grains are the bottom of the food pyramid and they should be the majority of what you eat. On the other side there’s the carnivores who say you should never eat grains. Like most things in life, we believe the sweet [...]
Fermentation The fermentation process is what makes sourdough, sourdough. During fermentation, good bacteria and wild yeast break down starches and sugars as well as breaks down the harmful plant defense chemicals such as lectins, gluten, and phytic acid. The traditional method of sourdough fermentation has been almost entirely replaced by baker's yeast and chemical leavening [...]
Room temperature Up to 5 days for loaves, up to 3 days for baguettes Sourdough's acidic properties naturally retard mold growth, so if you're going to eat your loaf in the next few days, leave it on the countertop! Wrap it in a kitchen towel or a cloth bread bag, or leave it in the [...]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Seacrest Sourdough (@seacrest_sourdough) The interview in the clip above shows Zach Bush telling Paul Saladino about the effects of love found through a study on rabbits. It's a reminder that although there are a ton of toxins out there, and we're on a mission [...]
Add your 6 grams crumbled dried sourdough starter to a bowl. Add 26 grams filtered water. Stir until the dry starter is completely submerged in the water. Cover with a lid and allow mixture to sit for one hour at room temperature. After an hour, add 20 grams bread flour (preferably organic) and stir until [...]
How you feel in the moment, and overall well being over time. Personally those are the two metrics we think about when we try to optimize health and happiness. There are so many factors that affect these metrics: getting enough sunlight, exercise, sleep, stress management, hydration, diet etc. By diet we don't mean anything in [...]
Essentials only. For ingredients, for life. Essentials only. For ingredients, for life. It means simplicity. Set a goal, then figure out what’s actually needed to achieve it. Eliminate anything that isn’t. Perfection is when you can’t take anything else out. Everyone wants to optimize taste, but unfortunately we live in a world where most food [...]
