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Vanessa Kimbell's Guide to Sourdough Bread

Understanding Bread's Influence on Health and Environment

Baking as Lifestyle Medicine is a transformative and systemic approach to systems change; because bread that nourishes is the foundation of good health, social justice, and a sustainable future
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Sourdough Loaf Record Kit
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Sourdough Loaf Record Kit – Limited Edition

£49.99

Planning is the key to successful sourdough, and I can’t emphasis enough that five minutes planning is the key difference between bakers who make incredible loaves consistently and bakers who are a bit hit and miss. I recommend in my books that all sourdough bakers wanting to improve to keep a record of each bake; it helps to build up a pattern, from which you can better understand how your sourdough behaves. With this kit you can do just that – plan, schedule, record, analyse and taste your bakes. Designed to be used with any sourdough recipe, by any baker.

Printed on FSC board by a small artisan beer mat printing company in the UK.

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Sourdough Loaf Record KIt
Our Limited Edition Sourdough Loaf Record Kit. Everything you need to plan, schedule, record, analyse and taste your bakes.

Planning is the key to successful sourdough, and I can’t emphasis enough that five minutes planning is the key difference between bakers who make incredible loaves consistently and bakers who are a bit hit and miss. I recommend in my books that all sourdough bakers wanting to improve to keep a record of each bake; it helps to build up a pattern, from which you can better understand how your sourdough behaves. Factors such as the kind of flour you use, the ambient temperature on the day, the length of each stage all affect the outcome of the final loaf.

With this kit you can do just that – plan, schedule, record, analyse and taste.

Designed to be used with any sourdough recipe, not just my own, but also to accompany both The Sourdough School and The Sourdough School Sweet Baking recipe books, along with all the sourdough bread recipes on the Sourdough Club website.

Contains:

1 x White Sourdough Starter card
1 x Chocolate Sourdough Starter card
13 x Loaf Schedule cards
13 x Loaf Record cards
13 x Flavour Wheel cards

It is not just about bread. Our philosophy as a business is to work with and support other small or artisan companies. The cards in this kit have been printed on specialist wood-pulp board from FSC certified sources using vegetable based inks, and the cards are 100% recyclable after use. They have been manufactured for us by one of only two genuine beer mat printers remaining in the UK. Thirsty’s Bespoke Beer Mat Printers is a family-run litho-press printing company based in Northampton – we need to help sustain and safeguard the skills their small workforce has. These things matter, the small decisions we make every day have a big impact and form our world.

With this kit you can:

  • Plan your bake with the Loaf Schedule
  • Keep a record of the specific details with the Sourdough Loaf Record
  • Analyse the flavour of each loaf with the Flavour Wheel to discover which bakes you enjoy the most

You can then use the cards as a reference point, from which you can stand back and analyse your sourdough.  The detailed notes can then help you re-calibrate your next bake so that you can make adjustments to the timings and temperature to improve your baking every time.

An invaluable gift for any sourdough baker.

I hope you enjoy using them or gifting them!

Vanessa x

If you would like to learn how to bake sourdough online with Vanessa please do come and join the Sourdough Club

Loaf Record Kit REVIEW via social media:

Vanessa! Thank you for the voice message, and share! I’m loving your Flavor Wheel and Planning Kit so much as a tool- but also as ART! It’s beautifully designed and clearly well thought out (baking time AND Slice time?! Expert level!) Artistically speaking, the texture of the mat paper is really unique to hold at this large scale: as if watercolor paper had a baby with a marshmallow. Delightful.

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In their 6pm live session, we help keep our students on track with the syllabus and discuss the application of Baking As Lifestyle Medicine to the 6 pillars of Lifestyle medicine, applying the research papers, application of the Research, and how this ties into prescribing, along with guest lecturers, discussions and sharing knowledge.

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📆 The Sourdough School Clinic - Thursdays 8pm - for students of The Sourdough School 

✏️ In this weekly live session, we cover technical baking questions. Students can submit their Baking Record Sheets in advance of the session.

📋 We look at the details of our student's bakes - the specifics of the flour, timings and temperatures. Using our sourdough record sheets Vanessa will make suggestions on how they might modify, or recalibrate the next time they bake.

Follow the link in the bio to learn more about becoming a student at The Sourdough School 👆

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IBS AWARENESS MONTH Do you suffer from irritable IBS AWARENESS MONTH

Do you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? It can be tough to deal with the uncomfortable symptoms of stomach cramps, constipation, diarrhoea and bloating. But did you know that making dietary changes, such as incorporating sourdough bread into your diet, could help alleviate some of those symptoms?

Studies have shown that sourdough's long, slow fermentation process can reduce IBS symptoms. Plus, during #ibsawarenessmonth, we're exploring how adding different herbs and spices to your sourdough can further improve both the flavour and the digestion of your bread.

Let's talk about gut health, fermentation, and how sourdough can be a delicious and healthy addition to your diet. Join the conversation and share your experiences with IBS and sourdough.

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THE SOURDOUGH SCHOOL – HAND CARVED WOODEN LAME THE SOURDOUGH SCHOOL – HAND CARVED WOODEN LAME

One of the biggest issues around using a plastic lame to score sourdough, of course, is that eventually the blade will become blunt and the lame could end up in landfill.  So several years ago I talked to my dear friend EJ about developing a lame with a replaceable blade. And he came up with this very beautiful hand carved wooden lame.

Very sadly EJ is no longer with us. Recently a friend of EJ’s who is also a wood turner and carver offered to make these again for us in remembrance of our dear friend.

Follow the link in the bio to our shop where you can find our full selection of wooden sourdough tools 👆

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The Baking As Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) Protocol The Baking As Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) Protocol

The current food system is broken at multiple levels, from the pesticides used in our soils to the emulsifiers and additives adulterating industrially-processed foods. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the bread we eat.  The figures reported by the UK Flour Millers say that bread is bought by a staggering “99.8% of British households” and that “the equivalent of nearly 11 million loaves are sold each day. Approximately 60-70% of the bread we eat is white and sandwiches are thought to account for 50% of overall bread consumption. Average bread purchases are the equivalent of 60.3 loaves per person per year.” 

Most bread sold is made by modern processing methods that strip heart-healthy whole grains of their nutrient contents, resulting in low-fibre bread with a high glycemic index. Over time, white processed bread can increase a person’s risk of insulin resistance alongside other lifestyle diseases.

We’re on a mission to revolutionise the bread making process at every level – from soil to slice. The rules governing this are laid out in our Baking As Lifestyle Medicine protocol. 

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