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Learn sourdough
Build the concepts in order, then join a class when you want to learn by doing.
Bread in practice
Gourmet Gastronomer and Sour Flour
Gourmet Gastronomer explains the food. Sour Flour is a place to learn bread by making it, with classes, baking, and community in San Francisco.
Two related projects
What each project does
Gourmet Gastronomer began as a way to study food closely and make the knowledge useful. Sour Flour grew from the bread part of that work into teaching, baking, and community in San Francisco.
The encyclopedia holds explanations, formulas, references, and learning paths. Sour Flour has the current information about classes, bread, starter, flour, and help. Schedules and availability belong on its own site because they change.
Choose what to do next
Learn here. Practice with Sour Flour.
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Bake or get bread
Use the country loaf as a teaching formula, or find out what Sour Flour is baking now.
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Work with starter and flour
Understand the culture first, then find the starter and flour you need to continue.
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Troubleshoot a loaf
Read the common failure modes, then use the hotline when you want help with a particular loaf.
Current information
Find classes, bread, and help
Visit Sour Flour’s site for current classes, bread, starter, flour, and support.