Keeping a starter alive through winter
Cold kitchens make sluggish starters. How we keep ours awake from November to March.
Seasonal
What to bake in the last week of autumn
Squash, walnuts, the last good apples. A short list for the turn of the season.
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A short defence of the humble bun
Everyone wants the dramatic sourdough. The bun quietly does more work than any of them.
Salt, time, temperature
Three dials, endless bread. The only variables you actually need to understand.
Sunday notes: the shop at five a.m.
The best hour of the week, before anyone else is awake. A members-only letter from the bakery.
Members' recipe: rye and caraway
Dense, dark, and built to last a week. The full recipe, for the Proof Club.
Rise with us
A recipe and a letter from the bakery, most Sundays. First bake is on the house.