David Tamarkin

Rossi Anastapulo is our senior producer. Chad Chennai is our producer and engineer. Original music by Megan and Marcus Begala. Special thanks to today's guest, the fabulous Deb Freeman. Deb is the host and executive producer of Finding Edna Lewis. You can also find Deb online at her website, deb-freeman.com.

We'll add a link to Finding Edna Lewis and the article she wrote on King Arthur's website about biscuits in the show notes. Things Bakers Know is a King Arthur Baking Company podcast.

We'll add a link to Finding Edna Lewis and the article she wrote on King Arthur's website about biscuits in the show notes. Things Bakers Know is a King Arthur Baking Company podcast.

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From King Arthur Baking Company, this is Things Bakers Know. I'm David Tamarkin, King Arthur's editorial director.

From King Arthur Baking Company, this is Things Bakers Know. I'm David Tamarkin, King Arthur's editorial director.

Before we get anywhere, I think we need to establish what our starters names are, Jessica. So can you please tell us what you've named your sourdough starter?

Before we get anywhere, I think we need to establish what our starters names are, Jessica. So can you please tell us what you've named your sourdough starter?

Well, what was the name of the starter that you buckled in? It wasn't named. Oh, you just didn't name it. I know.

Well, what was the name of the starter that you buckled in? It wasn't named. Oh, you just didn't name it. I know.

It's the name of your dog.

It's the name of your dog.

So what's the name of your sourdough starter? Now that I think about it, I have no less than four starters in my fridge right now, all of varying ages. I've only named one of them and I could have sort of The name applies to all of them.

So what's the name of your sourdough starter? Now that I think about it, I have no less than four starters in my fridge right now, all of varying ages. I've only named one of them and I could have sort of The name applies to all of them.

And all of my starters are named choices because I wanted to remind myself that when I was frustrated or when I was annoyed that I had to feed it in the middle of the night before going to bed or when a bread didn't come out the way I wanted it to, that this was my choice. I made it. No one to blame but me and my choices. So that's why.

And all of my starters are named choices because I wanted to remind myself that when I was frustrated or when I was annoyed that I had to feed it in the middle of the night before going to bed or when a bread didn't come out the way I wanted it to, that this was my choice. I made it. No one to blame but me and my choices. So that's why.

I blacked it out.

I blacked it out.

Yeah, it was not a blip. It's kept on going. Last spring, in fact, we found ourselves in what we were calling internally here at King Arthur, the second sourdough boom, because we looked at Google Trends on our own site traffic that the interest in sourdough was at the same level as the pandemic.