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My starter has been living in the fridge since its creation, but last week it decided to die for some reason. Fortunately, I had some dry starter chips in the fridge, which I could revive and after two feeds the "new" starter was good to go, very active. 

I hydrated the dry chips for 4 hours, and then fed it twice over the next 20 hours. Notice that I used tap water directly and things worked out fine. I believe the tap water here does not have a lot of chlorine.

Another fine artisan baker with a French Flair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMTwNU-8glE

We are back from the holidays and needed bread...

So back to baking some Champlains and was a bit nervous as my last bake before the

holidays did not go very well.....

I like the 'square scoring' that the Italian baker Matteo Festo sometime uses and his stuff on IG is amazing! He says it helps with oven spring and I gave it a go.....

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdm9H_YAP5F/?taken-by=ca_mia_breadlab

I love the way it just opens up like a flap!

mantra and calling card.  My wife is from St Louis and I grew up in Kansas City.  I ran across this youtube video about artisan bread in St Louis and Kansas City with a treat at the end that reminds me of where we live now and what we think about when it comes to cuisine and what we like to eat and drink.  I would suggest to smoke the Italian sausage though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD7E5nD7900

Happy viewing.

This particular loaf is inspired from Maurizio at The Perfect Loaf. I was looking for a different flavour combination and this intrigued me. I am not particularly fond of fennel but the rave reviews convinced me.

https://stanton-finley.com/weblog/sourdough-recipe-calculator.html

https://goodcookingfortheheartandsoul.blogspot.com/2018/08/brooklyn-ny-style-pizza.html

Years ago, Lucy came up with a fruit stupid that had a sweetened, enriched bread dough for a crust.  This time Lucy really want all out with an almond crust, adding a cream Anglaise and cream cheese filling with the fruit on top.  This one is light years ahead of her first one if you ask me.

https://stanton-finley.com/weblog/sourdough-starter.html

From Peter Reinhart’s Artisan Breads Every Day