Sourdough
by Robin Sloan | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1925603156 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1925603156 Global Overview for this book
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by awaywithfairies from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, February 27, 2020
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Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighbourhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner every evening. Then, disaster! Visa issues. The brothers close up shop, and fast. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their bread. She must keep it alive, they tell her - feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it.
Lois is no baker, but she could use a roommate, even if it is a needy colony of microorganisms. Soon, not only is she eating her own homemade bread, she's providing loaves daily to the General Dexterity cafeteria. The company chef urges her to take her product to the farmer's market, and a whole new world opens up.
When Lois comes before the jury that decides who sells what at Bay Area markets, she encounters a close-knit club with no appetite for new members. But then, an alternative emerges: a secret market that aims to fuse food and technology. But who are these people, exactly?
Bought at the Liverpool City Library book sale.
Lois Clary is a software engineer at General Dexterity, a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions. She codes all day and collapses at night, her human contact limited to the two brothers who run the neighbourhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner every evening. Then, disaster! Visa issues. The brothers close up shop, and fast. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture, the sourdough starter used to bake their bread. She must keep it alive, they tell her - feed it daily, play it music, and learn to bake with it.
Lois is no baker, but she could use a roommate, even if it is a needy colony of microorganisms. Soon, not only is she eating her own homemade bread, she's providing loaves daily to the General Dexterity cafeteria. The company chef urges her to take her product to the farmer's market, and a whole new world opens up.
When Lois comes before the jury that decides who sells what at Bay Area markets, she encounters a close-knit club with no appetite for new members. But then, an alternative emerges: a secret market that aims to fuse food and technology. But who are these people, exactly?
Bought at the Liverpool City Library book sale.
Journal Entry 2 by awaywithfairies at Book Face, Macarthur Square in Campbelltown, New South Wales Australia on Friday, February 28, 2020
Released 4 yrs ago (2/28/2020 UTC) at Book Face, Macarthur Square in Campbelltown, New South Wales Australia
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Left at the book exchange near Factorie and Converse on Level 3.
Release #21 for the 2020 Food + Wine Challenge.
Release #21 for the 2020 Food + Wine Challenge.
Looking forward to reading Sourdough.