Welcome

Welcome to “The Yeast I Could Do,” a blog exploring the journey of bread, of baking, of gardening, and of things between. It may seem like an odd mix – the combination of baking and gardening, but what is a fresh loaf of rosemary sourdough without herbs snipped fresh from the garden?

The two are not so unalike as one would first imagine. At their core both baking and gardening take very few ingredients; patience, warmth, water, love. One may use soil and the other flour, but they are still both very hands-on, tactile, engaging pursuits that take one back to a slower pace of life. Neither bread nor plants follow a clock, they have their own time and we, as bakers and gardeners, are asked to step back, take a breath, to slow down from our hectic life and to stop and smell the rosemary.

This site is a mere seedling now. It is the youngest of sourdough starters. I have grand plans – interviews with local bakers and organic nurseries, magazine and book reviews, and a few more things besides. I’ll get there when I get there, and in the process I’ll learn and grow. It’s the yeast I could do.