My wife was very good to me on my birthday (Dec. 18). She gave me a copy of The Taste of Bread. What an amazing book. I had borrowed a copy of it from the local library and had started reading it, sorta' rushing through the science to get to the baking. Now I can take my time reading while I am out for the Christmas break (I teach high school drafting). Right no there is a 70% hydration French dough in its primary fermentation. I'll let y'all know how it turns out!
R. Alan "Doc" Kinsey
"Better a dry crust with peace and quiet,
than a house full of feasting with strife."
Doc,
You better watch out! That is how my library of bread books started. It sounds like she got you hooked good. Enjoy the obsession, oops I mean hobby.
Drifty Baker