Jessica Badalana

We're going to cover all sorts of fun things from holiday baking to topics like pie, focaccia, and perhaps my favorite of all, baking with kids. In the meantime, send us your baking questions at kingarthurbaking.com forward slash podcast, and you may be featured on a future episode.

We're going to cover all sorts of fun things from holiday baking to topics like pie, focaccia, and perhaps my favorite of all, baking with kids. In the meantime, send us your baking questions at kingarthurbaking.com forward slash podcast, and you may be featured on a future episode.

Follow that recipe. See you next season.

Follow that recipe. See you next season.

And me, Jessica Batalana.

And me, Jessica Batalana.

Things that get better with age. Women, cheese, wine.

Things that get better with age. Women, cheese, wine.

But sourdough starter?

But sourdough starter?

And I'm Jessica Badalana, staff editor at King Arthur Baking. And today we're talking about a topic that elicits a lot of passion and curiosity, as well as frustration, hope, and toast. We're talking about sourdough, specifically the state of sourdough right now.

And I'm Jessica Badalana, staff editor at King Arthur Baking. And today we're talking about a topic that elicits a lot of passion and curiosity, as well as frustration, hope, and toast. We're talking about sourdough, specifically the state of sourdough right now.

Last October, I buckled my sourdough starter into the car and I brought it to our studio in New Hampshire because we were photographing the big book of bread and we wanted to show starter at different stages. So we wanted to show one that was tragically neglected and I volunteered to let mine be the tragically underfed. So I just ignored it for months leading up to this shoot.

Last October, I buckled my sourdough starter into the car and I brought it to our studio in New Hampshire because we were photographing the big book of bread and we wanted to show starter at different stages. So we wanted to show one that was tragically neglected and I volunteered to let mine be the tragically underfed. So I just ignored it for months leading up to this shoot.

And then at the end of the shoot, my colleague, Melanie Wanders, who was the co-author of the book, was like, nope, start over. So she gave me some of her starter. And there's a piece of masking tape on it. And it's called Jessica's Jazzy Starter 2.0. But that's, yeah, Jessica's Jazzy Starter.

And then at the end of the shoot, my colleague, Melanie Wanders, who was the co-author of the book, was like, nope, start over. So she gave me some of her starter. And there's a piece of masking tape on it. And it's called Jessica's Jazzy Starter 2.0. But that's, yeah, Jessica's Jazzy Starter.

I just never named it. I don't name cars. I don't name sourdough starters.

I just never named it. I don't name cars. I don't name sourdough starters.

Well, it's interesting that you say that because my childhood cat growing up was named White Cat. And it was the daughter of another cat that we'd had whose name was? Black Cat.

Well, it's interesting that you say that because my childhood cat growing up was named White Cat. And it was the daughter of another cat that we'd had whose name was? Black Cat.