Sourdough Bread starter/mother

[maui_girl1]

Who sells the best sourdough bread?

[maui_girl1]

I'm looking for both a great loaf to buy and a starter to make some bread.
I hear the older the starter the better the taste is that true?
And is a dry dormant starter better than a live one?

[ebethsdad]

Here's a link to Peter Reinhart's technique, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/din...
I don't believe a dry, dormant starter will work.

[Steve2 in LA]

The Carl's Friend starter comes dry and dormant. You gently rehydrate and feed it over a couple of days and you have a remarkable, 150 year-old starter. There are a number of others that begin the same way. I have three of them.

[Steve2 in LA]

Are you looking for a starter to make your own Sourdough or are you looking for premade bread? If you want to purchase starters, try the King Arthur Flour starter http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/classic-fresh-sourdough-starter-1-oz#1522# or check into Carl's Friends Starter. http://carlsfriends.net/

Both are excellent, although the Carl's will take a bit of work. (I made this one) Good luck

[Servorg]

I don't know if they sell it by the loaf, but I've never had better sourdough bread than the other night at the Tasting Kitchen on Abbot Kinney in Venice.

[malibumike]

Isn't that near where the old Pioneer Bakery used to be, That was good sourdough.