{"id":131152,"date":"2024-11-28T20:37:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131152"},"modified":"2024-11-28T20:37:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:37:10","slug":"flour-water-salt-github-the-bread-code-is-a-sourdough-baking-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131152","title":{"rendered":"Flour, water, salt, GitHub: The Bread Code is a sourdough baking framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">One year ago, I didn\u2019t know how to bake bread. I just knew how to follow a recipe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">If everything went perfectly, I could turn out something plain but palatable. But should anything change\u2014temperature, timing, flour, Mercury being in Scorpio\u2014I\u2019d turn out a partly poofy pancake. I presented my partly poofy pancakes to people, and they were polite, but those platters were not particularly palatable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">During a group vacation last year, a friend made fresh sourdough loaves every day, and we devoured it. He gladly shared his knowledge, his starter, and his go-to recipe. I took it home, tried it out, and made a naturally leavened, artisanal pancake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">I took my confusion to YouTube, where I found Hendrik Kleinw\u00e4chter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@the_bread_code\/videos\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThe Bread Code\u201d channel<\/span><\/a> and his video promising a course on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/msqU-ylXWUs?si=nnnPMju-f2d3tUa-\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cYour First Sourdough Bread<\/span><\/a>.\u201d I watched and learned a lot, but I couldn\u2019t quite translate 30 minutes of intensive couch time to hours of mixing, raising, slicing, and baking. Pancakes, part three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">It felt like there had to be more to this. And there was\u2014a whole GitHub repository more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bread-code.io\/\">The Bread Code<\/a> gave Kleinw\u00e4chter a gratifying second career, and it\u2019s given me bread I\u2019m eager to serve people. This week alone, I\u2019m making sourdough Parker House rolls, a rosemary olive loaf for Friendsgiving, and then a za\u2019atar flatbread and standard wheat loaf for actual Thanksgiving. And each of us has learned more about perhaps the most important aspect of coding, bread, teaching, and lots of other things: patience.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"ars-video\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Sourdough Framework (the most advanced baking book)\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JgsvLGfSSt4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption font-impact mb-4 mt-2 inline-flex flex-row items-stretch gap-1 text-base leading-tight text-gray-300\">\n<p>\n      Hendrik Kleinw\u00e4chter on his Bread Code channel, explaining his book.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Resources, not recipes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Bread Code is centered around a book, <em>The Sourdough Framework.<\/em>\u00a0It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/hendricius\/the-sourdough-framework\"><span class=\"s2\">an open source codebase<\/span><\/a> that self-compiles into new LaTeX book editions and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sourdough-framework.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">free to read online<\/span><\/a>. It might have exactly one recipe, if you can call a 68-page middle-section journey a recipe. It has 17 flowcharts, 15 tables, and dozens of timelines, process illustrations, and photos of sourdough going both well and terribly. Like any cookbook, there&#8217;s a bit about Kleinw\u00e4chter&#8217;s history with this food, and some sourdough bread history. Then the reader is dropped straight into &#8220;How Sourdough Works,&#8221; which is in no way a summary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8220;To understand the many enzymatic reactions that take place when flour and water are mixed, we must first understand seeds and their role in the lifecycle of wheat and other grains,&#8221; Kleinw\u00e4chter writes. From there, we follow a seed through hibernation, germination, photosynthesis, and, through humans&#8217; grinding of these seeds, exposure to amylase and protease enzymes.<\/p>\n<p>I had arrived at this book with these specific loaf problems to address. But first, it asks me to consider, &#8220;What is wheat?&#8221; This sparked vivid memories of Computer Science 114, in which a professor, asked to troubleshoot misbehaving code, would<span class=\"s1\"> instead tell students to \u201cThink like a compiler,\u201d or \u201cConsider the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Recursion\">recursive<\/a> way to do it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And yet, &#8220;What is wheat&#8221; did help. Having a sense of what was happening inside my starter, and my dough (which is really just a big, slow starter), helped me diagnose what was going right or wrong with my breads. Extra-sticky dough and tightly arrayed holes in the bread meant I had let the bacteria win out over the yeast. I learned when to be rough with the dough to form gluten and when to gently guide it into shape to preserve its gas-filled form.<\/p>\n<p>I could eat a slice of each loaf and get a sense of how things had gone. The inputs, outputs, and errors could be ascertained and analyzed more easily than in my prior stance, which was, roughly, &#8220;This starter is cursed and so am I.&#8221; Using hydration percentages, measurements relative to protein content, a few tests, and troubleshooting steps, I could move closer to fresh, delicious bread. Framework: accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>I have found myself very grateful lately that Kleinw\u00e4chter did not find success with 30-minute YouTube tutorials. Strangely, so has he.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox align-fullwidth my-5\">\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-1-up my-5\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item relative block h-full w-full overflow-hidden rounded-sm\">\n  <a data-pswp-width=\"1280\" data-pswp-height=\"960\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large-980x735.jpeg 980w\" data-cropped=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large.jpeg\" class=\"ars-gallery-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-labelledby=\"caption-2063444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5624-Large-980x735.jpeg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2063444\">\n      Sometimes weird scoring looks pretty neat.<\/p>\n<p>\n                      Kevin Purdy\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">Sometimes weird scoring looks pretty neat.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      Kevin Purdy<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col flex-nowrap gap-5 py-5 md:flex-row\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"flex-basis: calc(50% - 10px);\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item relative block h-full w-full overflow-hidden rounded-sm\">\n  <a data-pswp-width=\"960\" data-pswp-height=\"1280\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4373-Large.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4373-Large-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4373-Large-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" data-cropped=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4373-Large.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4373-Large.jpeg\" class=\"ars-gallery-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-labelledby=\"caption-2063446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4373-Large.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4373-Large-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4373-Large-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2063446\">\n      I have tried doing decorative &#8220;leaves&#8221; and other little scoring designs, with varied results.<\/p>\n<p>\n                      Kevin Purdy\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">I have tried doing decorative &#8220;leaves&#8221; and other little scoring designs, with varied results.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      Kevin Purdy<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-1\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item relative block h-full w-full overflow-hidden rounded-sm\">\n  <a data-pswp-width=\"960\" data-pswp-height=\"1280\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4805-Large.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4805-Large-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4805-Large-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" data-cropped=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4805-Large.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4805-Large.jpeg\" class=\"ars-gallery-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-labelledby=\"caption-2063447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4805-Large.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4805-Large-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_4805-Large-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2063447\">\n      Cross section.<\/p>\n<p>\n                      Kevin Purdy\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">Cross section.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      Kevin Purdy<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden md:block\">\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-left\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">I have tried doing decorative &#8220;leaves&#8221; and other little scoring designs, with varied results.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      Kevin Purdy<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">Cross section.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      Kevin Purdy<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The slow bread of childhood dreams<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI have had some successful startups; I have also had disastrous startups,\u201d Kleinw\u00e4chter said in an interview. \u201cI have made some money, then I\u2019ve been poor again. I\u2019ve done so many things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Most of those things involve software. Kleinw\u00e4chter is a German full-stack engineer, and he has founded firms and worked at companies related to blogging, e-commerce, food ordering, travel, and health. He tried to escape the boom-bust startup cycle by starting his own digital agency before one of his products was acquired by hotel booking firm Trivago. After that, he needed a break\u2014and he could afford to take one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI went to Naples, worked there in a pizzeria for a week, and just figured out, \u2018What do I want to do with my life?\u2019 And I found my passion. My passion is to teach people how to make amazing bread and pizza at home,\u201d Kleinw\u00e4chter said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Kleinw\u00e4chter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sourdough-framework.com\/Preface.html\"><span class=\"s2\">formative bread experiences<\/span><\/a>\u2014weekend loaves baked by his mother, awe-inspiring pizza from Italian ski towns, discovering all the extra ingredients in a supermarket\u2019s version of the dark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.germanfoodguide.com\/breaddetail.cfm?bread_nr=11#:~:text=Schwarzbrot%20is%20a%20whole%20grain,color%20and%20its%20sweet%20taste.\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Schwarzbrot<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u2014made him want to bake his own. Like me, he started with recipes, and he wasted a lot of time and flour turning out stuff that produced both failures and a drive for knowledge. He dug in, learned as much as he could, and once he had his head around the how and why, he worked on a way to guide others along the path.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox align-fullwidth my-5\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col flex-nowrap gap-5 py-5 md:flex-row\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"flex-basis: calc(51.474530831099% - 10px);\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item relative block h-full w-full overflow-hidden rounded-sm\">\n  <a data-pswp-width=\"1280\" data-pswp-height=\"905\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large-640x453.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large-1024x724.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large-768x543.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large-980x693.jpeg 980w\" data-cropped=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large-1024x724.jpeg\" class=\"ars-gallery-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-labelledby=\"caption-2063448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large-1024x724.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large-640x453.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large-768x543.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large-980x693.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3619-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2063448\">\n      Too thick to be a flatbread, too flat to slice for breakfast: The painful pancake.<\/p>\n<p>\n                      Kevin Purdy\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">Too thick to be a flatbread, too flat to slice for breakfast: The painful pancake.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      Kevin Purdy<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-1\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item relative block h-full w-full overflow-hidden rounded-sm\">\n  <a data-pswp-width=\"1280\" data-pswp-height=\"960\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large-980x735.jpeg 980w\" data-cropped=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"ars-gallery-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-labelledby=\"caption-2063450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large-980x735.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3611-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2063450\">\n      You wanted avocado toast; now you&#8217;ve got\u2026 this.<\/p>\n<p>\n                      Kevin Purdy\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">You wanted avocado toast; now you&#8217;ve got\u2026 this.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      Kevin Purdy<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden md:block\">\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-left\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">Too thick to be a flatbread, too flat to slice for breakfast: The painful pancake.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      Kevin Purdy<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">You wanted avocado toast; now you&#8217;ve got\u2026 this.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      Kevin Purdy<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Bugs and syntax errors in baking<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">When using recipes, there\u2019s a strong, societally reinforced idea that there is one best, tested, and timed way to arrive at a finished food. That\u2019s why we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americastestkitchen.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>America\u2019s Test Kitchen<\/i><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookshop.org\/shop\/kenjilopezalt\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>The Food Lab<\/i><\/span><\/a>, and all manner of blogs and videos promoting food \u201chacks.\u201d I should know; I <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=site%3Alifehacker.com+%22kevin+purdy%22+cooking&amp;atb=v371-1&amp;ia=web\"><span class=\"s2\">wrote up a whole bunch of them<\/span><\/a> as a young Lifehacker writer. I&#8217;m still a fan of such things, from the standpoint of simply getting food done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">As such, the ultimate \u201chack\u201d for making bread is to use commercial yeast, i.e., dried \u201cactive\u201d or \u201cinstant\u201d yeast. A manufacturer has done the work of selecting and isolating yeast at its prime state and preserving it for you. Get your liquids and dough to a yeast-friendly temperature and you\u2019ve removed most of the variables; your success should be repeatable. If you just want bread, you can make <a href=\"https:\/\/cooking.nytimes.com\/recipes\/11376-no-knead-bread\"><span class=\"s2\">the iconic no-knead bread<\/span><\/a> with prepared yeast and very little intervention, and you\u2019ll probably get bread that\u2019s better than you can get at the grocery store.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Baking sourdough\u2014or \u201cnaturally leavened,\u201d or with \u201clevain\u201d\u2014means a lot of intervention. You are cultivating and maintaining a small ecosystem of yeast and bacteria, unleashing them onto flour, water, and salt, and stepping in after they\u2019ve produced enough flavor and lift\u2014but before they eat all the stretchy gluten bonds. What that looks like depends on many things: your water, your flours, what you fed your starter, how active it was when you added it, the air in your home, and other variables. Most important is your ability to notice things over long periods of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox align-fullwidth my-5\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col flex-nowrap gap-5 py-5 md:flex-row\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"flex-basis: calc(47.430830039526% - 10px);\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item relative block h-full w-full overflow-hidden rounded-sm\">\n  <a data-pswp-width=\"2000\" data-pswp-height=\"1330\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-980x652.jpg 980w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-1440x958.jpg 1440w\" data-cropped=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"ars-gallery-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-labelledby=\"caption-2063454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-980x652.jpg 980w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1-1440x958.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2063454\">\n      <em>The Bread Code<\/em>&#8216;s depiction of how sourdough starters are born, developed, and refined.<\/p>\n<p>\n                      The Bread Code\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\"><em>The Bread Code<\/em>&#8216;s depiction of how sourdough starters are born, developed, and refined.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      The Bread Code<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-1\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item relative block h-full w-full overflow-hidden rounded-sm\">\n  <a data-pswp-width=\"1500\" data-pswp-height=\"900\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2.png 1500w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-640x384.png 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-980x588.png 980w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-1440x864.png 1440w\" data-cropped=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-1024x614.png\" class=\"ars-gallery-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-labelledby=\"caption-2063453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-640x384.png 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-980x588.png 980w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2-1440x864.png 1440w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/breadcode2.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2063453\">\n      If you take nothing else from <em>The Bread Code<\/em>, take this: You can measure a sample of your dough in an easy-to-read container, rather than guess at a big bowl.<\/p>\n<p>\n                      The Bread Code\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">If you take nothing else from <em>The Bread Code<\/em>, take this: You can measure a sample of your dough in an easy-to-read container, rather than guess at a big bowl.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      The Bread Code<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden md:block\">\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-left\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\"><em>The Bread Code<\/em>&#8216;s depiction of how sourdough starters are born, developed, and refined.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      The Bread Code<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ars-gallery-caption\">\n    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"ars-gallery-caption-arrow ars-gallery-caption-arrow-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 40 40\"><defs><clippath id=\"arrow-blocks-right_svg__a\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h40v40H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><g fill=\"currentColor\" clip-path=\"url(#arrow-blocks-right_svg__a)\"><path d=\"M32 16h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm-8 8h8v8h-8zm8-24h8v8h-8zm-8-8h8v8h-8zM0 16h16v8H0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>\n              <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-text\">If you take nothing else from <em>The Bread Code<\/em>, take this: You can measure a sample of your dough in an easy-to-read container, rather than guess at a big bowl.<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"ars-gallery-caption-credit\"><br \/>\n                      The Bread Code<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">When things go wrong, debugging can be tricky. I was able to personally ask Kleinw\u00e4chter what was up with my bread, because I was interviewing him for this article. There were <em>many<\/em>\u00a0potential answers, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">I should recognize, first off, that I was trying to bake the hardest kind of bread: Freestanding wheat-based sourdough<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">You have to watch\u2014and smell\u2014your starter to make sure it has the right mix of yeast to bacteria before you use it<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Using less starter (lower \u201cinoculation\u201d) would make it easier not to over-ferment<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Eyeballing my dough rise in a bowl was hard; try measuring a sample in something like <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.allinahealth.org\/Supply\/Index\/21605\"><span class=\"s2\">an aliquot tube<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Winter and summer are very different dough timings, even with modern indoor climate control.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">But I kept with it. I was particularly susceptible to wanting things to go quicker and demanding to see a huge rise in my dough before baking. This ironically leads to the flattest results, as the bacteria eats all the gluten bonds. When I slowed down, changed just one thing at a time, and looked deeper into my results, I got better.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"ars-wp-img-shortcode id-2063455 align-fullwidth\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item\">\n            <a data-pswp-width=\"439\" data-pswp-height=\"605\" data-pswp-srcset=\"\" data-cropped=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-2.31.07\u202fPM.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n              <img width=\"439\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-2.31.07\u202fPM.png\" class=\"fullwidth full\" alt=\"Screenshot of Kleinwaechter's YouTube page, with video titles like &quot;The last SOURDOUGH STARTER RECIPE you will ever need,' and &quot;10 Tips to BECOME A BOSS&quot; at dough handling.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2063455\">\n              The Bread Code YouTube page and the ways in which one must cater to algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>\n                  Credit:<br \/>\n                                      The Bread Code\n                                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"caption font-impact mb-4 mt-2 inline-flex flex-row items-stretch gap-1 text-base leading-tight text-gray-300\">\n<p>\n      The Bread Code YouTube page and the ways in which one must cater to algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"caption-credit mt-2 text-xs\"><br \/>\n          Credit:<\/p>\n<p>          The Bread Code<\/p>\n<p>                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">YouTube faces and TikTok sausage<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Emailing and trading video responses with Kleinw\u00e4chter, I got the sense that he, too, has learned to go the slow, steady route with his Bread Code project. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">For a while, he was turning out YouTube videos, and he wanted them to work. \u201cI\u2019m very data-driven and very analytical. I always read the video metrics, and I try to optimize my videos,\u201d Kleinw\u00e4chter said. \u201cWhich means I have to use a clickbait title, and I have to use a clickbait-y thumbnail, plus I need to make sure that I catch people in the first 30 seconds of the video.\u201d This, however, is \u201cnot good for us as humans because it leads to more and more extreme content.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Kleinw\u00e4chter also dabbled in TikTok, making videos in which, leaning into his German heritage, \u201cthe idea was to turn everything into a sausage.\u201d The metrics and imperatives on TikTok were similar to those on YouTube but hyperscaled. He could put hours or days into a video, only for 1 percent of his 200,000 YouTube subscribers to see it unless he caught the algorithm wind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The frustrations inspired him to slow down and focus on his site and his book. With his community\u2019s help, <i>The Bread Code<\/i> has just finished its second Kickstarter-backed printing run of 2,000 copies. There\u2019s a Discord full of bread heads eager to diagnose and correct each other&#8217;s loaves and occasional pull requests from inspired readers. Kleinw\u00e4chter has seen people go from buying what he calls \u201cTurbo bread\u201d at the store to making their own, and that\u2019s what keeps him going. He\u2019s not gambling on an attention-getting hit, but he\u2019s in better control of how his knowledge and message get out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI think homemade bread is something that\u2019s super, super undervalued, and I see a lot of benefits to making it yourself,\u201d Kleinw\u00e4chter said. \u201cGood bread just contains flour, water, and salt\u2014nothing else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"ars-wp-img-shortcode id-2063445 align-fullwidth\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item\">\n            <a data-pswp-width=\"1280\" data-pswp-height=\"960\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large-980x735.jpeg 980w\" data-cropped=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n              <img width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large.jpeg\" class=\"fullwidth full\" alt=\"Loaf that is split across the middle-top, with flecks of olives showing.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_5675-Large-980x735.jpeg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2063445\">\n              A test loaf of rosemary olive sourdough bread. An uneven amount of olive oil ended up on the top and bottom.<\/p>\n<p>\n                  Credit:<br \/>\n                                      Kevin Purdy\n                                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"caption font-impact mb-4 mt-2 inline-flex flex-row items-stretch gap-1 text-base leading-tight text-gray-300\">\n<p>\n      A test loaf of rosemary olive sourdough bread. An uneven amount of olive oil ended up on the top and bottom.<\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"caption-credit mt-2 text-xs\"><br \/>\n          Credit:<\/p>\n<p>          Kevin Purdy<\/p>\n<p>                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">You gotta keep doing it\u2014that\u2019s the hard part<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">I can\u2019t say it has been entirely smooth sailing ever since I self-certified with <i>The Bread Code<\/i> framework. I know what level of fermentation I\u2019m aiming for, but I sometimes get home from an outing later than planned, arriving at dough that\u2019s trying to escape its bucket. My starter can be very temperamental when my house gets dry and chilly in the winter. And my dough slicing (scoring), being the very last step before baking, can be rushed, resulting in some loaves with weird \u201cears,\u201d not quite ready for the bakery window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">But that\u2019s all part of it. Your sourdough starter is a collection of organisms that are best suited to what you\u2019ve fed them, developed over time, shaped by their environment. There are some modern hacks that can help make good bread, like using a pH meter. But the big hack is just doing it, learning from it, and getting better at figuring out what\u2019s going on. 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