November 25, 2018 - 11:54am
Silicon valley and sourdough ...
... interesting perspectives, some not without controversy, to be sure!
https://www.eater.com/2018/11/19/18099127/bread-silicon-valley-sourdough-tech-bros-tartine-chad-robertson
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Silicon valley and sourdough ...
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I'll just drop my 2c worth ...
Is there nothing that these tech umniks don't have to conquer and just let be as an appreciated artform as is ? Seriously ! How many carpenters, Taylors, jewlers and taxicab drivers do they have to enslave or put out of business before they are content or do they have to make even a loaf of bread trend on twitter to prove how smart they are ? Ain't no way this guy is dropping 600 bones for a mantle piece volume of cook books written by a multi millionaire just to stroke his ego a bit more. Sorry, I'd rather shoot up a old school conversation with the local baker.
sorry OP just venting - so how y'all been peeps ?
I'm good! I'm not spending $600 on a bread book either, but I have to say the conversations about bread-making described in that article sound pretty close to the conversations that go on here. A lot of people would find our own use of precise metric weights and bakers' percentages and so forth alienating and un-romantic and not what grandma did.
The article's bread history seems like it leaves a lot out, though.
I believe it is all for the greater good of baking, but it is hard to believe that in 6000 years none has ever tried no-kneading bread making.
So Dayna Evans thinks it's "non-artisanal" to own a proofing box, home mill and thermometer?
Lance