Sourdough Starter Hats

A sourdough starter is the only hobby that is technically alive. It lives in a jar, eats twice a day, bubbles when it is happy and sulks when it is ignored, and like any other member of the household it has a name, a schedule and opinions about the temperature of the kitchen. These sourdough hats are for the bakers who took the 2020 bread boom seriously and never stopped. For the starter that needs a babysitter when the family goes away for the weekend, complete with written feeding instructions and a jar that must not be confused with anything else in the fridge. For the one hobby that stuck after the guitar, the knitting and the running shoes were all quietly retired. And for the kitchen where every pancake, cracker and waffle has a little sourdough discard in it, because throwing it away is simply not an option. They make good gifts for the sourdough baker in your life — the person with flour on every surface, a banneton on the counter and a strong opinion about hydration. Embroidered on unstructured dad hats in warm, flour-friendly colors.