Is there such thing as not so sour sourdough in the SF Bay Area?

A local bacteria, bacillus sanfranciscus ensures the sour taste. It's everywhere on the west coast of North America and will thrive in any ...

San Francisco Sourdough - abreaducation

It must be sour! This is probably the number one defining characteristic of a SF sourdough. · It's just a plain old white sourdough, nothing more ...

SF sourdough beyond SF? Impossible? - The Fresh Loaf

If I take my own NY sourdough starter and I move to SF and keep it alive, then eventually I too have SFSD. Maybe not Boudin's famous, but as ...

Why San Francisco sourdough bread tastes different - SFGATE

"Sourdough isn't a flavor, it's a leavening agent or yeast," states Matthew Kosoy, owner of Rosalind Bakery in Pacifica. The key to sourdough ...

Is it true that no one can produce a true sourdough loaf outside a 50 ...

San Francisco sourdough was thought to be based on a unique strain of bacteria found only there. However, this bacterium, Lactobacillus ...

The Science of Sourdough & Why It Tastes So Much Better in San ...

And there you have it: San Francisco's sourdough bread is good because San Francisco's bacteria is particularly tasty. Some may find that a ...

Achieving true San Fran Sourdough...whatever that means

sanfranciscensis is not endemic to the San Francisco area. Also, it is not the only lactobacillus species found in samples of bread from bakers ...

Why San Francisco does sourdough best - BBC

Another link between San Francisco and sourdough bread: the region's long-running, ingredients-focused ethos. “Here in the Bay Area we have a ...

We Tried Every SOURDOUGH in San Francisco - YouTube

KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA•2.2K views · 5:53 · Go to channel · BEST ... I Worked as a SF Sourdough Bread Baker for A Day. Haley Takes On the ...

Best sourdough in the SF Bay Area - San Francisco Chronicle

His country bread ($9/$11.50) is the platonic form of sourdough, a perfect exhibition of crumb, crackly crust, flavor and custardy consistency.

San Francisco Sourdough History - Michael Kalanty

It seems likely that the dough would sometimes over-ferment and bake up into a bread with a strong punch. In this way, the “sour dough” of San Francisco earned ...

Not so 'sour' sourdough - Adjusting Sourdough Starter?

My sourdough starter is very low acidity and still has great flavor. It's based off of Jim Lahey's recipe from Sullivan Street Cookbook. Has a ...

Best Bay Area Sourdough Bakery? - Google Groups

A very good bread, one of the oldest in San Francisco. Can be found in ... Colombo. Not very sour or crusty. Kind of airy. Tasty but hardly a great ...

What Makes San Francisco Sourdough Unique? - KQED

If bagels are a New York thing, San Francisco definitely has sourdough. And probably no one has convinced more people that our sourdough is ...

The Best Sourdough Bread in San Francisco | Taste Test

A community-oriented young bakery, Sour Flour has some strong devotees in the Bay Area, and indeed among our tasters. "Interesting aroma with mild but complex ...

Sourdough, anyone? | Rock Tumbling Hobby

I also spent 20 years in the South San Francisco Bay area, and their sourdough there is amazing. I've always wanted to re-create that, so I ...

San Francisco style sourdough bread - Weekend Bakery

Perfect to incorporate in a very long weekend of baking. This recipe is based on the San Francisco Sourdough recipe from Peter Reinhart's latest book 'Artisan ...

Baking Sour San Francisco Sourdough

It was a hit and miss kind of thing. Sure adding whole grains to the dough would easily make it sour, but that's not what I wanted because it didn't taste right ...

Sourdough shortage? - bread resolved - Ask MetaFilter

When you say you are specifically seeking out that 'sour flavor', are you perhaps associating sourdough only with the San Francisco variety?

The Best Sourdough Bread from the Grocery Store - Sporked

The insides are doughy and squishy and still tangy. And at $5.99, it's pretty cheap for a bakery-style sourdough loaf. If you're in SoCal, you ...