{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Sourdough Bread Baking For Beginners with Roya Platsis","description":"Raise your hand if you hopped aboard the sourdough bread train? With all this time at home, a lot of us have taken on lofty kitchen projects like baking sourdough bread from scratch.  In this episode, we\u2019re joined by the fabulously sassy, bread-making wizard, Roya Platsis. By day, Roya is a big wig in the HR world, but at home, she\u2019s mastered the art of sourdough bread and has taken to social media to show us the easy, no-frills technique that guarantees successful bread. We talk about bread making, the pressures of producing content, and being true to yourself - even when that means embracing your potty mouth! What\u2019s in this episode: Roya and Ashley rehash their time working together at Lucasfilm  How Roya\u2019s cooking videos went viral on Facebook Roya\u2019s first food memory at the San Francisco zoo  How eating out threatened her relationship early-on Though she\u2019s a self-taught cook, who Roya credits for her cooking skills How to make sourdough bread starter  What a levain is  The step-by-step process for making sourdough bread  Roya shares her lemon rosemary bread recipe  What is was like to bake bread, live, in front of a huge audience Why it was so important to fail in front of viewers The non-intimidating approach Roya takes to bread making How bread has become a great teacher for both Roya and Ashley  Roya describes her family life and how they are doing during the pandemic The best type of bread for a beginner to make  Similarities between brewing beer and making sourdough What \u201chooch\u201d is in relation to starter  What to do if your sourdough starter isn\u2019t active  Roya\u2019s dream dinner  About Roya: In Roya\u2019s own words, she is the dirt-loving mother of two, wife to one, who swears too much and is great at cooking. She is currently the Director of Human Resources at CamelBak, and lives with her darling family in Petaluma, California.  Connect with Roya: Find Roya on YouTube by searching \u201cFancy as Fork\u201d  Or on Instagram and Twitter  @DirtDontHurtMom The cookbook Roya mentions is called \u2018Della Fattoria Bread\u2019  Quotes: \u201cYou fold it for what feels like an entire day. And then you bake the sh*t out of it\u201d - Roya  \u201cThere\u2019s a beautiful, fancy, loaf of bread at the end of the process.\u201d - Roya  \u201cIt\u2019s just flour and water. And that was what I was trying to get across.\u201d - Roya  \u201cI don\u2019t need pasta, I need bread. Good bread especially. The $8 kind.\u201d - Roya  Be on the Show Tell us your food stories!  The first time you remember tasting food, your dream dinner, or just a food that you can\u2019t stop thinking about. Call in to leave us a voicemail at 626-709-6551 or send your messages to dearfoodpodcast@gmail.com  Are you loving the show?? Tell a friend about it, and please write us a review! ","author_name":"Dear Food","author_url":"https:\/\/www.dearfoodpodcast.com\/","html":"