Apr 22, 2026
Member less than a month
The Learning and the Love are Real!
The Learning and the Love are Real!
"What were you struggling with before you joined Crust & Crumb Academy, and what changed?": I'm learning to bake more nutritiously with regeneratively-grown grains and beans, but a great loaf of yeasted bread eluded me. I also live at high altitude, making anything that rises a challenge. I get vertigo from alcohol (i.e. from too much fermentation). Trying to pull all this together on my own, using Internet searches and hit-and-miss social media groups was not getting the job done.
"What's one thing you baked inside the Academy that you never thought you could pull off?": I've engaged in one Saturday Bake, where we made a marbled loaf using colored doughs. It never would have crossed my mind to try something like that, but I was successful and learned so much in the process about coloring agents, dough structure, moisture variables and more, and it was fun to experience this as a group, and also with true attention from our leader/instructor Henry.
"How would you describe the feedback and support you get here compared to other baking groups?": In this group, people are exceptionally kind-hearted. The leader is attentive, mindful, knowledgeable and yet open to discover and learn more himself. In other groups, I was given phrases like, "Just follow the recipe" (which wasn't written in or for my context).
I want to understand the "why" of things so that I can adapt to my situation, and Henry's approach to teaching is all about the why.
"What would you tell someone who's on the fence about joining?": This is a safe space; an open-hearted community of learners led by someone with real-life breadmaking experience and A.I.-assisted presentation skills. Henry is real, genuine and full of love for the craft and his students' success.
