My journey with RISE really began a few years ago, when I mentioned to my boss at The Shanty that I'd love the opportunity to take on something more and help the restaurant in a new way. After nearly 20 years there, The Shanty has been a big part of my life, so when that opportunity eventually came, it meant a lot to me. By then, I had discovered sourdough and fallen in love with the craft. My Boss asked if I would be interested in making sourdough for the toast service at Wadsworth Inn's breakfast and that's where this journey really took off. I still love baking the bread for the restaurant and feel incredibly grateful for the opportunity and trust he gave me. RISE is the newest part of that journey. It grew from wanting to take something I love making and begin sharing it beyond the restaurant with our local community. It's still very much a small, growing business, and every order and every person who chooses to support RISE truly means something to me. At the heart of it all is still what made me fall in love with sourdough in the first place-the simple ingredients, the time, the process, and the little bit of wonder that comes from turning them into a beautiful loaf of bread.