Sourdough Savior: A New Machine Keeps Your Starter Fresh and Alive
Summary
Quicker than you can say, cabin fever, a nation of wanna-be bakers turned their homes into warm and crusty boulangeries. Enter Sourhouse co-founders Erik Fabian and Jennifer Yoko Olson, two bakers who brought their skills as marketers and industrial design, respectively, to create Goldie, an appliance built to keep sourdough starters at an ideal temperature. Too hot and the starter may over-ferment, while too cold can slow or halt the fermentation process.Fabian and Olsons entry into the world of sourdough baking is called Goldie, as in Goldilocks of The Three Bears fame. As I continued to bake, I found that my starter was kind of like always searching for a warm spot.Once COVID came along, with the assistance of Olson, an experienced product designer, discovery met opportunity. My basic idea early on was like a warming base with a transparent dome, Fabian said.The next step was Kickstarter, where Goldie was introduced in April 2022.