yeast, which is a fungus, and lactobacillus, a bacteria. They eat flour — its sugars — and poop out acid — thus, sour — - Robin Sloan

A fellowship of secret scholars spent five hundred years on this task. Now we're penciling it in for a Friday morning.

feeding people is really freakin’ great. There’s nothing better.

This girl has the spark of life. This is my primary filter for new friends (girl- and otherwise) and the highest compliment I can pay. I’ve tried many times to figure out exactly what ignites it — what cocktail of characteristics comes together in the cold, dark cosmos to form a star.