The Sourdough Pantry

Good sourdough begins with a good starter, and ours has been bubbling away in our farm kitchen, hand-fed and coaxed to that lively, active stage where it's ready to bake. We call her Ozark Iza, named after Emilee's great-grandmother, and she's coming soon to Home Folk.

A live sourdough starter is the heart of every real loaf. Stir it into flour and water, give it a little time and warmth, and it rewards you with tangy, crackly-crusted bread straight from your own oven. No yeast packets, no shortcuts, just the slow, honest kind of baking that fills a kitchen with something worth waiting for.

Keeping a starter on the counter is a small but timeless kitchen tradition. It asks for a few minutes of your day, and in return it folds a little slow-living into an otherwise busy week. Whether you're a seasoned baker or you've always meant to learn how to feed a starter and bake your first loaf, we wanted to make beginning feel simple and unhurried.