Levain · Pour débutants
Débutant Levain Boule
The recipe we keep coming back to. Reliable, climate-aware, calibrated for Canadian and US flour. 24 hours mostly hands-off.
Now in the library
Nine recipes, two pillars,
and one new piece each Thursday.
We publish one new recipe a week — Thursday morning, Toronto time — building toward a library that covers every bread worth baking, with the regional and seasonal notes nobody else writes down.
Levain · Enriched · Pour débutants
Levain Sandwich Loaf
Soft enough for a child's lunch. Strong enough to toast. Real sourdough with milk and honey, cold-proofed for flavour.
Yeasted · Easter
Hot Cross Buns
Soft, spiced, fragrant with citrus and dried fruit. Glossy syrup glaze. Make them the night before; bake them in the morning.
Yeasted · Spring
Garden Focaccia
The easiest impressive bread. Pillowy, dimpled, olive-oil-soaked. 18 to 24 hour cold proof; bakes on a sheet pan.
Enriched · BBQ Season
Brioche Burger Buns
Soft, buttery, slightly sweet. The bun that makes a homemade burger taste like the burger you remember.
Flatbread · Summer
Naan & Grilled Flatbreads
The fastest bread on the site. Yogurt-enriched, cooks in under 2 minutes per piece on a hot pan or BBQ.
Levain · Quickbread · 12 min
Levain Discard Pancakes
The Saturday-morning reward that turns the discard jar in your fridge into the best pancakes you've ever made. 12 minutes start to finish.
Enriched · Holiday
Cinnamon Buns
Soft, towering, gooey-in-the-middle cinnamon buns with brown butter cream cheese glaze. Make them tonight, bake them tomorrow morning.
Cracker · Cheese Board
Whole-Grain Crackers
35 minutes start to finish, four ingredients, vanishingly easy. The cheese-board upgrade nobody warned you about.
The Journal · Pillar Editorial
What microplastics actually do — what we know in 2026
An honest, citation-anchored summary of what peer-reviewed research has actually established about microplastics in the human body. With sources.
The Journal · Pillar Guide
Surviving sourdough through a Canadian winter
Cold houses. Dry air. A starter that won't bubble. The honest guide to bread in the months when recipe writers are baking in California and your kitchen is in Edmonton.