For the past five years, Helena Maya Maus has been baking naturally leavened whole grain bread in her home – a microbakery known as Blue House – for friends, neighbors and fellow villagers of Yellow Springs, Ohio. Before turning her attention to bread making, Helena worked variously as an artist, educator and cook, pursuits that continue to inspire and inform the bread she makes today, loaves characterized by blending fresh stone-milled heritage and ancient grains with locally sourced seasonal ingredients to generate novel and unique flavor experiences.