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Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Sourdough saga

Jan 17, 2021 05:46 PM IST

The bread is now an Internet craze but it’s often not the real thing.

Had you heard of sourdough bread before the lockdown? I am sure many people had not. But as post-pandemic hobbies have taken over, lots of home bakers are making their own sourdough. And the Internet is full of small-scale bakers offering sourdough for sale.

The most famous versions of sourdough come from France and Germany.
The most famous versions of sourdough come from France and Germany.
The baguette was invented in the bakeries of Paris after the First World War.
The baguette was invented in the bakeries of Paris after the First World War.

Sourdough became popular again in the 1970s and the 1980s, around the time the nouvelle cuisine movement transformed French food.

The revival of sourdough bread was closely associated with French baker Lionel Poilâne.
The revival of sourdough bread was closely associated with French baker Lionel Poilâne.
Sahil Mehta, one of India’s best bakers.
Sahil Mehta, one of India’s best bakers.

In India and in much of the web recipe-driven world, sourdough has just come to mean “bread that doesn’t use commercial yeasts”.

Sourdough was the traditional bread of the people before being tossed aside in favour of newer, more fashionable breads.
Sourdough was the traditional bread of the people before being tossed aside in favour of newer, more fashionable breads.
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