A guide to baking sourdough

FLOUR WATER SALT YEAST by Ken Forkish Recommended by Elissa Lee and Johannes Debus, co-founders, BigLake Arts Festival

“We joined the sourdough craze during the pandemic. Our kids named our starter Thor, and we’ve managed to keep it alive for more than a year while making our way through Ken Forkish’s book. No matter how strange our breads came out (and there were some really interesting-looking results), they always tasted light years better than the store-bought variety. A very gratifying and delicious hobby.”