Pan Francisco and the Sourdough Lineage
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I was delighted to discover that sourdough culture was not only alive and well, but homegrown in San Francisco.
Pan Francisco and the Sourdough Lineage Vera Mar 17, 2026 16 5 1 Share I was delighted to discover that sourdough culture was not only alive and well, but homegrown in San Francisco. It is embedded in the culinary identity of the city in a way generally reserved for European bread-making traditions. Like most identity myths, they don’t have to hold true to be retold. Like every good San Francisco story, the city’s sourdough has its origins in the Gold Rush. There are accounts of miners in the 1850s and onward, culturing their own bread starters in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Due to the nightt
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