The Sourdough Slice Serving sourdough recipes, stories, and inspiration every Saturday morning. Hey Reader, Happy Halloween! 🎃 Do you get trick-or-treaters, or are you taking your kids or grandkids trick-or-treating today? I'm spending the morning working a shift at my per diem job at the local hospital. After that, I'm heading over to spend some time with my sister and 7-month-old niece so I can see her all dressed up for Halloween. So cute! On Sunday, I'm (hopefully) finishing up building...
11 days ago • 3 min read
The Sourdough Slice Serving sourdough recipes, stories, and inspiration every Saturday morning. Hey Reader, Fall in New England never ceases to amaze me. Last week, I still needed my air conditioner, and now I'm fighting with myself not to turn on my furnace as my house hits 57℉. With oil prices over $6 a gallon, I have a feeling I'll be using my fireplace a lot this winter. Speaking of my brand-new furnace, I had to have it looked at this week because it wouldn't turn on (luckily, it was an...
18 days ago • 3 min read
The Sourdough Slice Serving sourdough recipes, stories, and inspiration every Saturday morning. Hey Reader, It's really starting to feel like the end of October here in Massachusetts. The leaves are vibrant and falling, the garden is looking a bit worse for wear, and there's definitely a chill in the air. Luckily, some of the flowers in my garden are still holding on! My sister asked me to help make flower arrangements for my niece's baptism this past weekend, so I got to put them to good...
25 days ago • 2 min read
The Sourdough Slice Serving sourdough recipes, stories, and inspiration every Saturday morning. Hey Reader, What's your favorite place to visit? My friends and I go leaf peeping every October. Usually somewhere in New England, but this year we switched things up and headed to Lake Placid, NY. The Adirondacks are absolutely beautiful! The weather was perfect, the foliage was stunning, and we got to enjoy lots of hiking, sightseeing, and even some apple picking. If you've never been, I...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
The Sourdough Slice Serving sourdough recipes, stories, and inspiration every Saturday morning. Hey Reader, As you're reading this, I'm on a 4-day trip to the Adirondacks in New York with my two best friends. Every year, we spend a long weekend in October leaf peeping. I love living in New England and being within driving distance of so many beautiful places to explore. This week at home was full of funny animal surprises. It started with my one-year-old cat, Otto, figuring out how to climb...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
The Sourdough Slice Serving sourdough recipes, stories, and inspiration every Saturday morning. Hey Reader, Have you ever visited a cranberry bog? Living in Massachusetts, they've always been a pretty normal thing to see. I used to ice skate on them as a kid, and now my property borders a cranberry bog, so I get to watch the whole harvesting process right from home! I was super excited this week when I got a text from my neighbor asking if I wanted some dry-harvested cranberries. Of course I...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
The Sourdough Slice Serving sourdough recipes, stories, and inspiration every Saturday morning. Hey Reader, I want to tell you a quick little story. The pink flowers in the picture below are snapdragons. They're one of my favorite flowers, and mine finally started blooming this week! Earlier this year, when I was plant shopping with my two best friends, I pointed to a small 6-pack of snapdragon seedlings and said, "I've always wanted to grow those." Both of my friends were like, "...you can?"...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
The Sourdough Slice Serving sourdough recipes, stories, and inspiration every Saturday morning. Hey Reader, Do you have any pets? 🐾 If so, I'd love to see them! I have two cats, Maeve and Otto. Otto loves exploring the basement, so this week I finally installed a cat door for him so he can explore until his little heart's content. I was a bit nervous about cutting the door since I've never used a saw before, but it actually turned out to be much easier than I thought! I also met my sister,...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
The Sourdough Slice Serving sourdough recipes, stories, and inspiration every Saturday morning. Hey Reader, Picture this: It's 6 AM, I'm still half asleep, and I'm boiling water for my coffee. I turn the burner knob off and suddenly... ⚡POP⚡... a big blue spark of electricity shoots out of the back of my oven. Being absolutely terrified of fire, I immediately turned off the breaker and started panicking. There aren't many things more horrifying to a baker than having an oven suddenly go on...
2 months ago • 3 min read