It"s the chain letter of cookery, just this side of scum, I mean scam. So there it is on your porch table, a jar of Amish bread starter. This is the gift that keeps on demanding. It becomes an ...

There was a funny trend about 20 years ago, when people were giving each other Ziplock bags of mysterious beige goo. It was a starter, a living mixture of flour, water and yeast that you had to feed ...

Dear Lisa: I am presently trying the 10-day Amish Friendship Bread. It says not to refrigerate. How does the milk stay fresh? Why doesn't it make you sick? Sunday, my child and I will bake the bread.

If you were a fan of the so-called Amish Friendship Bread recipe that was popular in the 1980s and early '90s, but tired of the tending and maintaining and sharing of the starter, I have good news for ...

I wish I could remember exactly how I got in this situation, so if it happens again I can run screaming in the other direction. All I know is I went to a gathering and ended up taking home a pretty ...

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This starter has a buttermilk base, and it takes about a week to make. Then the starter is used to make a sponge, which takes one to two days and gives the bread even more flavor. The sponge is then ...

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