Today is the birthday of my sourdough starter, Melbert. What kind of name is that? I’m not sure. Around this time a year ago (probably a bit earlier, as I tend to be late to the party) most of my bubble of the internet seemed to be obsessed with baking bread. I quite like the idea of creating something so awesome from so little. But finding flour was a struggle, and yeast was basically nonexistent.

Today I made cast iron pan pizza, recipe is thanks to Adam Ragusea. What I love most about Adam Ragusea’s videos is the relative lack of precise measurements. Rather, he focuses on ballpark measurements and tells you different cues you can use to determine if you’re in the right spot (more or less). I had originally wanted to make the pan pizza from Ethan Chlebowski, but I’m not bougie enough to use 8g of yeast.