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Charlie, the Chainbaker, one of YouTube's favorite Bakers.

He is the inspiration that brought us together to create this site and delve deeper into the baking of yeasted breads.

(We leave the baking of sweet pastries, cookies and cakes to others)

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Milling or Grinding Grain at Home.

A modern electric Burr Stone Mill. Milling grain at home is not for everyone. The price of a good grain mill is enough to give most of us...

A new sourdough Starter in 48 hours? - Done.

A young natural leaven, or Sourdough Starter This is the method which I have used for many years. It has worked every time. Only once...

“Sour Grapes” on Sourdough

There would be no surprise if you thought this was going to be a very interesting, or very bad recipe for sourdough bread. After all, I...

The Death and Rebirth of Good Bread

A happy home baker. The famous French Cordon Bleu Baker Thomas Teffri-Chamberland opened his ‘Sourdough Baking Treatise’ (2021 English...

Bulk Fermentation What It Does and How to Get It Right

Important note to keep in mind: Bulk fermentation is slow and the window of when it is complete is large. Err on the safe side if you are...

Don't whisk your natural leaven, Sourdough Starter.

There is a new ‘trick’ making the rounds on You Tube. Whipping air into the natural leaven. A few years back the You Tube Fashion was...