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FreeFree Mini-Courses & Guides
Short, no-cost lessons you can start today. The low-stakes way to get to know the Academy.
Sourdough Calculator
Hydration, starter math, bake-day timing, and unit conversions. Four free calculators, no account or email needed.
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Sourdough Schedule Finder
Answer three quick questions and get the exact sourdough schedule that fits your day.
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Cottage Bakery Hub
Packaging that survives wet air, Florida label rules, and a pricing worksheet that includes your time. Free to read.
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Gluten-Free Sourdough Guide
A gluten-free starter, pan loaf, discard pancakes and pizza crust, with the research behind each one. Free to read, no signup.
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Printable Quicksheets
Six single-page printables for feeding, timelines, troubleshooting, and more. Free, no email required.
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Sourdough Equipment Guide
The exact tools I reach for, sorted by how much they matter. Free to read, no signup.
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Sourdough Glossary
75 sourdough terms explained in plain English, searchable and cross-linked to the Academy. Free, no signup.
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Sourdough in a Hot, Humid Kitchen
The equipment that actually helps when your kitchen is 79 degrees. It cools instead of warms, and it is free to read.
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Sourdough Substitutions Guide
Swaps and ratios for flour, dairy, sweeteners, salt, and starter. Free to read, no signup.
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Reading Your Bread
A short visual guide to crumb and crust. See what a dense loaf, a blown ear, or a pale crust is telling you.
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Discard, No Guilt
Five real ways to use every scoop of starter discard, from crackers and flatbread to waffles, so nothing goes in the trash.
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Feeding & Hydration Cheat Sheet
Keep this one bookmarked. It covers the two things you'll look up most, feeding ratios and hydration.
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Course Waitlist
Longer, in-depth courses are still being written, and none are for sale yet. The signup at the top of this page sends you the free 7-lesson starter course today and puts you first in line when a new course opens.
BooksRecommended Books & E-books
Books I keep within reach of the flour. Each one links to Bookshop.org in print and, where available, as an e-book. Bookshop.org shares its profits with independent bookstores, and I earn a small commission on purchases at no extra cost to you.