Bread Notes
& Baking Stories

When I first started baking sourdough like a year ago, I thought it was going to be way simpler than it actually is. I figured you just mix flour and water, feed...

Okay so I have to be honest, I didn't think I was a pumpkin person. Like, pumpkin spice everything has never really been my thing, but then I was like "wait, what...

Okay so I took basically the entire summer off from baking. Not intentionally, but like, when it hits 115 degrees outside and your house feels like the inside of a...

Okay so full transparency here – I was saving up my money for a Onewheel for like forever. And then I got one for Christmas, which was honestly the best surprise...

Okay so this is embarrassing but also kind of hilarious now that I think about it. A few months ago I completely and totally burned a loaf to the point where it...

So here's the thing about baking sourdough in Las Vegas that nobody really talks about: the heat is honestly kind of a wild card. Like, I've been baking seriously...

So this week was kind of stressful, not gonna lie. I woke up on Monday morning to feed Yeaston like I always do, and something was off. The smell was... weird. Not...

My brother is basically the most unreliable sourdough assistant in Las Vegas history, and I'm saying that as someone who literally killed Yeaston once and had to...

I was ten when I got really serious about sourdough. My mom taught me how to feed Yeaston—yeah, that's my starter's name, because Easton plus yeast equals Yeaston,...

When I first started baking sourdough seriously about a year ago, I didn't think about where I lived very much. I just followed my mom's instructions, fed Yeaston...

Last month, one of my regular customers asked me a question that totally changed how I think about baking. She said, "Easton, what bread do you eat at home?" I...

Okay so when I first started baking sourdough, I honestly didn't get why scoring mattered that much. Like, you shape your dough, you throw it in the Dutch oven, and...

When I first started baking sourdough with Yeaston, my starter, I thought fermentation was just something that happened while I waited. I didn't really understand...

One thing I've learned since starting Rise & Grind is that taking care of your starter is kind of like taking care of a pet, except instead of a dog or cat, you...

Okay so I have to be real with you guys. When I first started baking sourdough like eight or ten months ago, I thought keeping a starter alive would be super easy....