-})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-WMPTJG');</script><!-- End Google Tag Manager --><div class="table-row" style="height: 100%; width: 100%"><div class="max-width-5 mx-auto"><main class="site-hold mb4"><article class="post" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"><header class="post-header bd bd-red m2 sm-m3 md-m4 p2 sm-p3 md-p4"><p class="md-col md-col-8 sans bold h4 caps m0"><a class="text-decoration-none" href="/">Ben Kutil<span class="hide">- Designer, Educator, Baker</span></a></p><nav class="site-nav md-col md-col-4 md-align-right mt2 md-mt0"><a class="page-link md-ml1" href="/">Home</a> <a class="page-link ml1" href="/about/">About</a></nav><h1 class="post-title h0 m0 mt2 md-mt3 red" itemprop="name headline">Getting Started</h1><p class="post-meta"><time datetime="2016-01-14T00:00:00-05:00" itemprop="datePublished">Jan 14, 2016</time></p></header><div class="post-content mx2 sm-mx3 md-mx4 px2 sm-px3 md-px4 h3 max-width-4" itemprop="articleBody" id="js-post-content"><p>My story sounds familiar. Make some New Years resolutions with good intentions, then forget about them, or, allow them to nag in the back of your mind as you push it off to the “next day”.</p><p>I needed to create a personal website. I’ve thought about doing it since November. I had no problem finding excuses not to work on it.</p><p>I could say the same about baking bread. I enjoy doing it, but had found excuses not to.</p><p>I’ve started today, with a simple site, and a new starter.</p><p><picture><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-top-2624by1787-86f9c8.jpg" media="(min-width: 52em) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-width: 52em) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-top-1312by893-86f9c8.jpg" media="(min-width: 52em)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-top-2048by1395-86f9c8.jpg" media="(min-width: 52em) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-width: 52em) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-top-1024by697-86f9c8.jpg" media="(min-width: 52em)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-top-1280by872-86f9c8.jpg" media="(min-width: 25em) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-width: 25em) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-top-640by436-86f9c8.jpg" media="(min-width: 25em)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-top-750by511-86f9c8.jpg" media="(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-resolution: 192dpi)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-top-375by255-86f9c8.jpg"><img src="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-top-375by255-86f9c8.jpg" class="block" itemprop="image" alt="Started, Day 2"></source></picture></p><p>In the past, I’ve followed Chad Robertson’s starter process from his <a href="http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016277-tartines-country-bread">Country Bread recipe</a>. This time, I’ve <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9qinzbju8ihqy22/AADvBda8-wy6Otxq73_nNlvNa/GET%20STARTER'ED.pdf?dl=0">used a recipe</a> from <a href="https://instagram.com/apieceofbread">@apieceofbread</a>. He has also put his <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9qinzbju8ihqy22/AACjVcSIkHGDAAPQTRClXsjya?dl=0">bread formulae up on Dropbox</a>.</p><h2 id="bread-formulae">Bread Formulae</h2><p>I find bread so interesting because at its simplest, it consists of flour, water, time, and heat. A starter makes use of those ingredients. In the beginning, you “feed” or replenish a starter each day. During that day, you want to keep you starter between 86°F and 104°F. My house does not get that warm, so my starter hangs out on top of my Mac Pro. The exhaust of my computer hovers around 100°F.</p><p><picture><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-location-2624by1756-37b251.jpg" media="(min-width: 52em) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-width: 52em) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-location-1312by878-37b251.jpg" media="(min-width: 52em)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-location-2048by1371-37b251.jpg" media="(min-width: 52em) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-width: 52em) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-location-1024by685-37b251.jpg" media="(min-width: 52em)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-location-1280by857-37b251.jpg" media="(min-width: 25em) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-width: 25em) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-location-640by428-37b251.jpg" media="(min-width: 25em)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-location-750by502-37b251.jpg" media="(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-resolution: 192dpi)"></source><source srcset="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-location-375by251-37b251.jpg"><img src="https://benkutil.com/media/generated/bread/bread-starter-new-location-375by251-37b251.jpg" class="block" itemprop="image" alt="Keep warm little starter"></source></picture></p><p>Bread recipes represent all other ingredients as percentages of the total flour weight.</p><p>With this starter, you begin with <code>100% Flour</code>, and <code>200% Water</code>. That means, if you began with <code>30g flour</code>, you would use <code>60g water</code>.</p><aside class="card recipe-card p2 sm-p3 md-p4 mxn2 sm-mxn3 md-mxn4 bg-pink-lady" id="/cooks/bread/levain-starter"><div class="max-width-2"><h2 class="m0 h1">Levain Starter Formulae</h2><p class="m0"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9qinzbju8ihqy22/AADvBda8-wy6Otxq73_nNlvNa/GET%20STARTER'ED.pdf?dl=0">Get Recipe</a></p><p>Starter formulae from <a href="https://instagram.com/apieceofbread">@apieceofbread</a> on Instagram</p><ol><li><p><h3 id="bread-starter-apiece-ref-0">Refreshment 0</h3></p><div class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-" data-lang="">100% Flour (whole grain)
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