On 2017-10-26 3:56 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:48:47 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
> wrote:
>
>> On 26 Oct 2017 19:38:56 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-10-26, graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2017-10-26 1:09 PM, Boron wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On 26 Oct 2017 14:55:22 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>>
>>>>> That show was with Nancy Silverton of the La Brea Bakery. (long, long
>>>>> since sold by her).
>>>
>>> Thank goodness! I was never sure what La Brea Bakery was all about.
>>> Sending out frozen dough loaves? I was never impressed. 8|
>>>
>>>>> Truly, though, all one needs to create a decent sourdough starter is
>>>>> flour, water and patience.
>>>
>>>> There's so much folklore and so little science peddled by sour dough
>>>> enthusiasts.
>>>
>>> Gotta go with Boron with this one. What's yer track record?
>>>
>>> nb
>>
>> Nancy Silverton started La Brea bakery maybe 25 years ago. She was
>> sort of our 'hero' for a while when all the celebrity bakers were
>> experimenting with methods, starters and then putting out books. I
>> don't know if she still owned the bakery when par-baked goods from La
>> Brea bakery started showing in stores or not. She was (I believe) the
>> original proponent of the grapes yeast starter theory. She did a
>> bread book back then but I personally believe that there were other
>> books from other bakers that followed that were better.
>> Janet US
>
>
> Costco was/is carrying some La Brea branded items at times. She sold
> out in 2001 and some mega-bakery (NOT Bimbo) owns the name now.
>
> Yes, better books out there. And I always thought the appearances with
> Julia Child were sorta goofy, because Julia, herself, wrote up brioche
> in Mastering and that recipe, to me, at least, kinda made Silverton
> seem meh.
>
Joe Ortiz's book was one of the first books I bought on bread making.
His SD starter had cumin in it at the beginning. On a Julia Child
episode he maintains it is to attract the wild yeasts and bacteria. I
think it was another of those bits of folklore.
Still, he started me on the French rather than US style of SD.
Graham