Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's very easy to make a Basic Sourdough Starter without yeast. It takes a bit of time, but the results are amazing and well worth ...

Please stop naming your starter.

You just need to corral and nurture the stuff, which should be easy for anyone with some time and patience. By Henry Fountain Mr. Fountain, a longtime science reporter for The Times, made sourdough ...

Not only will you have a mature starter to make artisanal bread, but you can use the discard to make discard bread, biscuits, muffins, and pancakes! you don't HAVE to throw the discard away!

Everybody's stress baking these days. Making a crusty, pillow-shaped loaf of sourdough bread that looks as good as it tastes seems to be the ultimate, Instagram-worthy achievement for many aspiring ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is ...