“Oh, sourdough, I know it’s so healthy, but it takes two days to make it, right?” and “Sourdough bread baking just takes so much time and I should be at home all the time, I couldn’t do it!”, are the sentences I here most often when I say I bake sourdough bread. Well, the answer… Read More
I’m not going to lie – my first sourdough bread was a brick. In was in 2011, when I started my sourdough bread baking journey. I got myself Chad Robertson’s book Tartine Bread and a dutch oven in a hope to get that perfect crunchy crust and tender soft crumb. First, it took me a… Read More
In my last post I shared the experience about the workshop with Nicolas Supiot From the seed to the peasant bakery. Today I would like to share a video about his unique way of sourdough bread baking. It’s meditative – with bare feet on the ground, hands in petrin and fire in his heart. Nicolas… Read More
When you think of the bread or when buying a bread, what comes to your mind first? Is it the smell, the look or the moment of enjoying its taste? Do you think of the baker who made it? Are you interested in the story behing the bread and how long did it take to… Read More
Looking at my last post, it looks I’ve never returned from Sicily :) Well, I didn’t in a way. The memories of beautiful Sicily and its gorgeous landscape and spending time and creating new projects with Clear Sicily team are still so alive. More of the Sicily is coming in the next months and I… Read More
You know that feeling when you travel somewhere and it feels good, almost like home, and it feels like soul has anchored? I had this feeling when visiting Sicily a year and a half ago. I promised myself to come back. I didn’t know when and I haven’t been making any plans to come back,… Read More
There were some sunny Christmas days spent in the mountains and there was a car crash couple of days later. I was overlooked and there was nothing I could do. I was in shock and I wasn’t in shock. I was angry. The moment of collision was long and it was short. I didn’t know… Read More
I believe we all have been there at least once. You know: – tight and moist crumb, – (shiny) pale crust, – sour and undeveloped taste, – no oven spring, a.k.a underproofed sourdough bread a.k.a brick. What does underproofed mean?It means that the yeast hasn’t produced enough carbon dioxide and the gluten hasn’t been developed… Read More
It was just around Christmas last winter when I found something special in my mailbox. For me, it was special for the sole reason I saw my name hand written on the thick envelope. That means somebody dedicated his/her time to send me something that would make my day beautiful.When I opened the envelope, I… Read More
It’s the first day of December. Looking back to the childhood, December always ment expectations. Expectations of warmth, kindness, visits, feeling good, having fun, but most of all, the arrival of St. Nicholas. He brought presents – oranges, dry fruits, walnuts and sometimes also some toys. St. Nicholas day is celebrated in many European countries… Read More
