
The Story Behind The Sour: A Bakery
Discover why The Sour Bread & Pastry has developed a cult following across the Black Hills.
Carefully choreographed, highly coordinated and precisely timed, the sourdough baking process is like a dance. Peter Mitchell wakes before dawn to begin this dance, turning water, flour and salt into perfectly baked loaves, croissants and even cinnamon rolls. What was once just a hobby for Peter and Makenzie has now become The Sour, a bakery and coffee shop in downtown Rapid City that was recently named one of the best bakeries in America by the New York Times.
Watch: The Story Behind The Sour
It’s honest work. A lot of us get to see it from raw flour and water and salt to dough, to divided and shaped, to baked, sliced and sold.
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