notbob > wrote:

>On 2006-11-30, sf <sf> wrote:

>> Unless you can find a specialty baker, you're not going to find *good*
>> sourdough here anymore. Columbo turned up its toes and died a couple
>> of years ago thanks to being a tiny cog in a big balloon bread wheel.
>> Alas, there is no more large producer of quality sourdough bread left
>> in the Bay Area anymore.

>Hit your local Trader Joe's, sf, and look for a Super Sourdough Boule.
>It's about the size of one of those round loaves used to make those
>kitschy sourdough chowder bowls. But, don't use it for that. This is
>some seriously good bread, as good as Columbo's used to be. I'm
>certain it's true SF sourdough. Nothing else has that flavor.

I'm going to have to try that. I love sourdough also. I am
fairly satisfied with the Acme sour batard, but it's not quite
sour enough.

Steve