Back by Popular Demand!

January 31, 9am-4pm mountain

Join me in my kitchen for a one day, live bread making party. Together - live and “in person” a la Remote Digital Device - we will begin the process of mixing flour and water and end with two loaves of homemade bread.

NEW! three options:

1. LIVE workshop + digital guidebook + private community (not facebook!)

2. Workshop recording (available Feb 1) + digital guidebook + private community (not facebook!)

3. Digital guidebook only

The all day zoom workshop will be led by myself (Nici Holt Cline) and my dear friend and expert bread baker, Kara Daume. We will focus on the science, the art, the flexibility, the skill, the variables and the method. You will learn, help and leave armed with the knowledge and confidence and you need to incorporate this beautiful and satisfying ritual into your life.

Together let's embrace an ancient ritual that is a staple in every culture, for thousands of years.

shop bread baking tools at DIG+CO.

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Details:

A virtual bread-making party, via zoom (with a bit of advance prep -- we will walk you through making a starter or help you find one). Rough schedule:

In the week before: you will make your own starter or source one. We will help you with every step of the way with videos, documents and support via our private online community. You will begin the live class with a healthy starter and ready to rock n roll!
The Day of the Workshop:

1.5 hour zoom call in the morning as we begin building our bread dough.
4 hour zoom call (with lots of time for breaks) we walk you through every step of nurturing, turning and forming your dough, with lots of time for live Q&A and sharing of the science and heart of sourdough.

1.5 hour zoom call in the early evening as we bake and enjoy our bread together!

Seven+ hours of instruction by Kara and Nici. Feel free to tune in and out as you wish as it will all be saved and sent to you. Kids, dogs, real life mess/madness, whatever you’ve got going on is 100% perfect and welcome.
Downloadable resources like step-by-step instructions, bread making schedule, tool list, activities for kids, sourdough dictionary, FAQ and recipes.
Live Q&A all day during the experience. We will literally be making bread together and we will be here to answer all your questions about sourdough and life ;). And have a dance party. And then smear butter on that warm bread we made with our hands.
Lifetime access to the recordings and materials.

Tools needed:

We have bread making supplies for sale at DIG+CO.

Essentials:

White flour
Whole wheat flour
Rye flour
Salt
Digital kitchen scale
Large bowl
Cast iron dutch oven (a lidded vessel that is oven safe at 500ºF)
Two medium sized colanders or bowls
Two dish towels

Handy, but not essential:

Bowl scraper (helps to get dough out of bowl / can use hands or large spatula)
Bench scraper (for cutting your dough in half. a sharp knife will do)
Proofing baskets with liners (ideal, instead of colander or bowl)
Lame (for scoring your formed boules. A razor or scissors work)

About your teachers:

Nici Holt Cline is founder of DIG + CO. and authors an award-winning blog - www.digthischick.net - where she chronicles adventures with her family. She appreciates growing and making food, learning new things, listening to Pearl Jam, camping under the stars, jumping in rivers and the magic of sourdough.

Kara Daume wears many hats--mother, accounting manager, board member, consultant, and lover of being in the mountains. She is at her best when she is working with her hands, in the dirt or in the kitchen. She has many years of baking experience, both professionally and personally, that has fueled a passion for the process of making a bread that nourishes.

Bread.

It's easy to feel intimidated by maintaining a sourdough starter. Or that those glorious crusty loaves shared on instagram are part of some exclusive, mystical coalition. Or that the time investment can't possibly fit into a busy schedule. Kara and I will share how we do it and, together, we will have so much fun!

This live workshop is all about breaking it down and creating an experience that nourishes our bodies, our communities, our souls.

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