Hi Fellow Foodies….

It’s Geno here….and this is my first blog entry ever…so please be kind….

Although I’m just beginning my journey in the world of bread making, I’ve become interested in sourdough baking since I recently saw some sourdough recipes in a dutch oven cookbook I found a few months ago on a trip to Bend.

I tried to make some sourdough starter as per my dutch oven recipe book….and I’ve used it once (it seemed ok). But then I realized I may want to get a bit more serious about all this. So, I turned to the web for some research on sourdough and quickly learned that one of the premier authorities on sourdough happens to live 60 miles to the north in the sleepy town of Cascade, Idaho. His name is Ed Wood and he is a medical doctor with additional degrees in nutrition and pathology. In his travels over the world, he has collected several sourdough cultures which he now sells through his business “Sourdoughs International” at www.sourdo.com. He has sourdough cultures for sale from San Francisco, South Africa, Australia, Italy, and New Zealand.

I purchased his cookbook “Classic Sourdoughs. It has tons of recipes of sourdough breads from all over the world….batter breads….pancakes…ryes and other grains…and even a special section on how to make sourdough in a bread machine. Pretty cool….right? I also purchased a starter of San Francisco sourdough. This starter has the dry bacteria cultures extracted from authentic San Francisco sourdough.

As soon as I get my starter going and perfect some recipes from the “Sourdough Classics” cookbook, I’d love to share with the group. Let me know if you have questions or want to borrow the book or some starter in the future. My sourdough journey is just beginning….but I’m excited to share my successes and failure along the way with the group.

Hopefully much more to come on this….