Sourdough Overcometh

Bake sourdough to triumph using these new wares and more~

I’m here baking. Always baking. Always sourdough.

Double sourdough chicken nuggets. Sourdough crepes. Focaccia. Bread bowls. Green chile boules. And pizza. So much pizza. Sourdough banana bread after I hit send on this. Twas the season for sourdough. And yet it continues.

My upper oven burnt out. Too much sourdough. Spent a couple hours and a couple hundred dollars today with an electrician trying to get it going again. It seemed to get to full heat on convection bake so top will be pizza and bottom will be bread and all will be happy. We didn’t fix it. We just realized the extent to which it is currently broken.

It’s been a week. But I can just say this.

Bake sourdough.

When you have to go back to work after a long winter nap → bake sourdough.

When your _____ and their _____ accuse you of _______ → bake sourdough.

When your boss asks you for deliverables → bake sourdough.

When you miss someone you love dearly → bake sourdough.

When the rain won’t turn to snow → bake sourdough.

When a cop pulls you over for giving a courtesy flash of your headlights to your neighbors about his lil speed trap he’s setup right where the speed limit drops on a downhill → bake sourdough.

When your neighbor threatens to call those same cops over some hour-long yapping by the cutest creature in the world yesterday at 7:30 am? First send video proof of yourself stumbling around at 8:43 am wearing almost nothing to let him out for exactly 24 seconds for his first pee of the day to clear the pup’s name. Maybe even post that video on the neighborhood facebook page to be extra safe. Then bake sourdough.

And when some of that holiday spirit spills right into the new year, share some of that sourdough with ALL your neighbors, just to be safe.

There has been heaps of sourdough since we last talked. My wife drove with me out to San Francisco to teach a class in the Bay Area last month (welcome new subscribers from that class!) On the way out we had to stay in Reno for a night, and when the continental breakfast promised online turned out to be a lie I made sure to leave a bit of extra potent Dez in the bin to add to the seediness of the motel.

Maybe I’m being a little facetious. But still. Bake sourdough.

When the class wrapped we drove right past Sourdough Sam’s stadium and all felt right in the world. A full circle moment.

There are so many things I want to tell you. Let me tell you.

1. NEW MOOON BREAD WARES: Thank you to a recent student (and assistant) who connected with me with a woodworker, the Mooon Bread Wares I have to offer just expanded! They should be on the site soon, and some recent students have already bought some, but I now have pizza peels, scoring lames, mooon spooons, bow knives, wooden bench scrapers, starter mixers, and more to come. A big batch coming in for the lames that have magnets built in for sticking to your fridge or oven :)

   

   Mooon Bread Pizza Peels. Great for 14” pies and pairs perfectly with Baking Steel for home pizza. $54 each. Reply now to order one.

   

   New magnetized MOOON BREAD LAMES. $26 each. Reply now to order in walnut.

   

   Some of the other wares in cherry. Reply to this message if you’d like to place an order for something.

2. MOOON BREAD BOARDS: I have a fresh batch of Mooon Bread Boards that are going fast. Remember these work as a cooling rack, have slats and a crumb-catching tray. Various woods. They are too beautiful I’m not even going to share a photo right now. Reply and I’ll send you current inventory.

3. FIRST BOOK: If you’ve attended a recent class or twitter space you’ve heard me mention my sourdough book project. 2026 is the year it’ll come out. Stay tuned, likely for a pre-sale with some bonus items soon.

4. TWITTER SPACES: Every few weeks we have a live sourdough space - think of it as a living/breathing podcast where you can join in the conversation. Super fun. Here is a recording of the most recent one focused on Whole Grain Sourdough together with Foolproof Sourdough Baking and others all over the world. You can follow me there @yorudan or @mooonbread to be in the loop on the next ones. If you want to grab a copy of Alex and Marina’s ebook discussed in that space you can get it here: The Wholegrain Sourdough Life: A 30-Day Integration Challenge

5. LIVE WEBINAR FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERS: If you have been or are a paid subscriber to this newsletter, or if you have purchased my video course you get access. Details to come later this month.

And there is more. I continue to teach corporate classes, community classes, and I’ll do other non-bread sourdough workshops in 2026. Mapping it all out on the calendar.

Have a beautiful new year, filled with sourdough and connections. I hope to see many of you. Reply here with pics of your bakes. LMK if you need more starter. Come be an assistant in an upcoming workshop. Share this newsletter with a friend.

I love you heaps.

💚

Yorudan of Mooon Bread

New Mooon Bread pizza peel in action