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I find that doing it for any less time leaves the levain lacking in strength and flavour.

The flour can ferment and develop flavor without a proper levain.

A roughly synonymous term in French baking is levain.

In 1998 Levain Bakery expanded its cookie business to include mail order.

And I cannot bring myself to buy those cookies from Levain Bakery, no matter how good they are.

This piece of equipment allows for the continuous use of liquid levain, a breakthrough in the field.

In Europe, especially in France, the bread made from natural starter is often called levain.

If Mr. Kaplan admires your levain, it is no small thing.

Too many new bread books are thick with words, expounding on dry topics like the differences between a levain and a poolish.

Everyday you must discard half the levain and replace it once again with equal amounts of flour and water.

Suitable for rolls, baguettes, levain and traditional tin and tray loaves.

Oatmeal-raisin cookies at Levain Bakery cost $4 each.

The price of oatmeal-raisin cookies at Levain Bakery.

I could be content indefinitely with the raisin-walnut loaf, made with the French leavening process called levain.

The loaf is similar in process to the French "pain au levain", but made with whole wheat flour and starter instead of white flour.

A levain is pre-ferment starter, cultured only with wild yeast found naturally in rye flour.

Oatmeal raisin from Levain; 2.

In fact, I went right next door to Au Levain du Marais.

Mr. Lang, who practices in his kitchen at home, suggested moving right into Levain's roomy open kitchen.

Levain (France)

Eating in Translation: A six-pound loaf of levain, natural sourdough: When did bread get so big?

On Monday, warm cookies from the Upper West Side bakery Levain appeared in the kitchen.

The primary products are made in either sourdough or "sweet" white bread, but other dough styles are offered such as multi-grain and "walnut levain".

I ended the night with a terrifically simple chicken soup with lemon, parsley and wild rice ($8), served with a homemade levain.

From flaky, buttery Viennese pastries, to crusty sourdough and fresh French levain, there really is bread for every occasion here.