2020's Biggest Food Trends: How Many Did You Try?

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Sourdough Bread

Who can forget when grocery store shelves were raided in a frenzy earlier this year? It was like a bad omen of what would happen during an actual apocalypse, with shortages of toilet paper rolls, hand sanitizers, pasta and—flour. Despite many home cooks having never dabbled in baking bread prior to the pandemic, the demand for this shelf-stable product skyrocketed. Soon it was almost nowhere to be found, including online. Google searches for sourdough bread also peaked in April 2020. Interestingly, sourdough isn't one of the easier bread varieties to make. It requires a live fermented culture, known as "sourdough starter" to make, and that in and of itself takes a minimum week-long process to cultivate. Here's a recipe from thekitchn to try.