Sourdough
Flour Water Salt Yeast
My sourdough bible: Ken Forkish’s award-winning Flour Water Salt Yeast. The best beginner book for building a starter, mastering Overnight Country Blonde, and perfect pizza dough.
Products
Products we actually use, grouped by what it's for. Every pick has a full write-up behind it.
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Sourdough Products
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Escali Primo Digital Food Scale
A flat, one-button kitchen scale that reads to the gram up to 11 pounds and tares in a single press. It's the tool that turns a sourdough recipe from an estimate into something you can repeat.
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King Arthur Flour Unbleached All-Purpose Flour – 10 lb Bag
King Arthur’s Unbleached All-Purpose Flour is consistent, reliable, and strong enough for sourdough while still versatile enough for everyday baking.
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Rubbermaid Easy Find Lids 14-Cup Food Storage Containers (2-Pack)
A 14-cup snap-lid container is the easy substitute for the 6-quart commercial tub most sourdough books call for, and it actually fits in a normal fridge. Two to a pack, which is exactly what a two-loaf recipe needs.
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Ball Wide Mouth Glass Mason Jars with Lids and Bands - Quart - 32 ounce - Pack of 3
3 pack Ball Wide Mouth Quart Mason Jars for Sourdough Starter
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Lodge 5-Quart Cast Iron Dutch Oven
The 5-quart pre-seasoned cast iron pot that sourdough recipes are written around. The heavy lid traps the dough's own steam, so you get a crisp crust and real oven spring without a single extra gadget.
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Sourdough Breathable Fabric Jar Covers with Elastic Time Bands (5-Pack)
Reusable cotton covers that stretch over a wide-mouth mason jar and let a sourdough starter breathe while keeping fruit flies out. Five to a pack with elastic bands you can use to mark the last feed.
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Dimpola 9-Inch Round Banneton Bread Proofing Baskets, Set of 2
Two 9-inch round rattan proofing baskets with cloth liners, sized for the two-loaf recipes in Flour Water Salt Yeast and for a standard 5-quart round Dutch oven. Round, not oval, which is the part most people get wrong.
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OXO Good Grips 5-Quart Mixing Bowl
This bowl has been in my kitchen for about 20 years and it’s still my everyday workhorse. I’m genuinely glad they still make it — and at such a reasonable price.
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Reynolds Kitchens Clear Plastic Wrap with Built-In Slide Cutter (225 sq ft)
A simple must-have in my kitchen. The built-in slide cutter makes it quick and clean to get the exact size you need — no more wrestling with a ragged edge or hunting for scissors.
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Ball Leak-Proof Plastic Storage Lids, Wide Mouth
One-piece screw-on plastic lids that turn a wide-mouth mason jar into everyday storage. They seal, they don't rust, and they're what a sourdough starter needs once it goes back in the fridge.
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Breville BTM800XL Tea Maker & Kettle
A 1.5-litre variable-temperature kettle with a basket that lowers and lifts itself, built for loose-leaf tea and just as useful for hitting a known water temperature on bake day. A genuine splurge that does two jobs.