Soon, she is reveling in this special starter after all, her lonely life is now shared with a MULtitude of microorganisms, and she’s trying her hand at baking.

Just feed it every day, Beo assures her, and let it listen to music-This is a verrrrrry special starter indeed! And he leaves her with an email address so that she might send him all her stammered questions. But not before they stop to say farewell to their Number One Eater, and Beo gifts her their sourdough starter… which is kinda high-maintenance… when she has trouble keeping a cactus alive… Soon she’s known as their Number One Eater, and her nights, which she might’ve spent mulling over just how terrible she’s doing at work, are now refreshed and redeemed.īut oh nooooo! Visa issues, and soon the Clement Street duo are on the run. She begins ordering every day, her order taken by the cook, Beo, and delivered by the music-loving brother. She’s not? Wha? Braindead? anymore? She’s alive, so alive. Upon devouring it… everything changes for her. When a flyer is tacked onto her door, advertising spicy spicy doings from Clement Street Soup and Sourdough, she numbly gives it a shot, ordering the Double Spicy which comes with a slice of sourdough bread. SF is an eye-opener and dazzler to her, but then her job gets rolling, and she starts crumbling under the weight of the mind-numbing work… and the Slurry sludge she’s advised to consume instead of food. Let’s start with Therese Plummer narrating as Lois Clary, our befuddled yet chock-full o’ chutzpah heroine! She’s from Michigan, but she’s just accepted a grand job in San Francisco. I was delighted! oh so delighted! with every single thing about this audiobook! I think I’ve used the word “delighted” soooo many times that p’raps it’s lost a bit of its usefulness to describe my feelings but….

By: Robin Sloan / Narrated By: Therese Plummerįull disclosure? I’ve heard of the much-lauded writer Robin Sloan for quite some time now, but this is the first audiobook of his that I’ve listened to (And forGET about me reeeeeading a book of his in print!), and I oooonly dipped into Sourdough cuz it’s food-themed and heck! It’s Thanksgiving, so why not give it a try, eh?

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