When this was first published a year ago I tried it because I was curious and I had grapes. I am not a good break maker. No-knead is the only thing that ever works and I've even made some doozies with that, so sourdough was a stretch for me. But, after a little more than a year, many bricks, some passable loaves (made with "assistant yeast"), a couple of near-death experiences for my starter (once made over a cup of alcohol and it took a month for it to recover) and an awful lot of flour, something finally turned the corner and I have successfully, FOUR times in a row, made an amazing, well-risen loaf of bread using only the starter, flour, water and a little salt. So thank you for the initiative, and for those who are in despair that it will never work, it can, and it's worth it! But you will invest heavily in flour, much of which ends up in the trash. Or the compost pile.

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