“Go forth in joy and get on with it.” (read through to the end and you’ll understand) Yeah, we all know it was a crappy year for just about everybody. I’m certainly ready for it to be over with but I gotta tell you: 2020 wasn’t all that crappy for… Continue reading
Or, what I was looking for wasn’t what I thought I was looking for © 2020 Lif Strand Years and years ago I started trying to bake the perfect loaf of sourdough bread. In spite of the fact that I still lived in California and could buy freshly-baked San Francisco… Continue reading
I’m flyin’ high and I cannot lie — I finally made a loaf of sourdough bread that not only tastes good, but is actually sour! It’s a kind of miracle! Oh, it’s not San Francisco sourdough, but then I don’t live in San Francisco, whereas San Francisco sourdough yeast does… Continue reading
This. THIS. This is the bread I’ve been looking for. You might recall that I’ve been trying to make the perfect loaf of bread for some time. I started out decades ago wanting to duplicate the San Francisco sourdough I had gorged on for so many years. It was a… Continue reading
Today is one of those blustery winter days that remind me yeah, it’s still winter. Blast it. Which is what it’s doing out there — blasting frigid winter wind that shoots down the barrel of my valley and through the walls of my straw bale house. Making me vow, yet once… Continue reading