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Real Bread Ireland baker-members offer free sourdough starters to all throughout September.

Lockdown appears to have further cemented the affection of the Irish public for real sourdough bread, and many home bakers tried their hand at knocking out loaves. However, some struggled with producing a healthy and viable ‘starter’ so news that the Real Bread Ireland’s Sourdough September initiative is returning will be music to many ‘floured-up’ ears, as baker members will be giving away free starters throughout the month (details on realbreadireland.org

). Natural Foods Bakery will be offering their starter and a simple recipe from their Blackrock pier outlet in Cork (facebook.com/thenaturalfoodsbakery). Bread & Roses will be making theirs available from their Coal Quay stall each Saturday on a first-come, first-served basis (