Sourdough articles
I wrote a series of articles on sourdough for The Kitchn. Most of the articles were never posted, and I don’t know why.
My posts are the following:
- You Say Starter, I Say Levain (that was the original title, which I rather liked)
- Debunking the 10 Myths of Sourdough
- Lazy Person’s Guide to Starter… coming someday, I hope!
- Mixing by Machine or by Hand
- Places to Proof
- Tools
- When Is Bread Proofed
- Best Way to Score
- When Is Bread Done Baking
Enzymes!
I originally wrote “Enzymes, the Little Molecules That Could” for Peter Reinhart’s book, Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor. Other bakers around the country wrote essays as well. Unfortunately, the publisher cut the essays from the final book, so I posted mine online. You can read the PDF here:
https://emilybuehler.com/wp-content/uploads/EnzymesOriginal.pdf
A version of this article appeared on the Scientific American blog in September 2012 under the title “Enzymes, the Little Molecules that Bake Bread.” I also had a follow-up, “Salt: Defender of the Carotenoids,” in which I made factual errors that I had to correct, and was horribly embarrassed! But both of those articles have disappeared.
American Scientist
I was a “guest reviewer” for a few books. You can read my reviews on their website:
https://www.americanscientist.org/author/emily_buehler
John C. Campbell Folk School
Here are some of the guest blog posts I have written about teaching, taking classes, and more: https://www.folkschool.org/tag/emily-buehler/
- I take wood engraving and make prints of my cat, August 2022
- I make a tin lantern in tin-smithing, October 2022
- Experience the 2017 eclipse in Brasstown, NC
- Expect the unexpected in printmaking paradise, July 2017
- The life lessons of bread class, June 2017
- I take drawing class with Pebbie Mott, May 2016
- Magic meets science in bread-making, May 2015
- Learning to take risks in teaching and in bread-making, May 2014
- I take a white line print-making class with Sandy Webster, January 2014