Bread

I love bread so much –  it could make up 90% of my diet and I wouldn’t mind.  I am talking about crusty, light and delicious bread.  I learned to make bread from someone back in my days of living in Costa Rica in the early 90’s, out on a surf point.  There was no fresh bread in sight and did I miss it like crazy!

It was no problem back then because I literally had all day long to sit around waiting on my bread to rise and rise again.  Never did I find it to be a difficult process but a timely one indeed.  It has been many years since I decided to make a homemade loaf because my days are no longer filled with countless hours of beach gazing, with nothing else to do.  Rather, my life is jam packed with a husband, two little girls, two big dogs and a busy work schedule.  So how is it that I am going to have the time to start making bread again you ask?  Well, my most wonderful friend, Helen, gifted me the most wonderful bread book – these two,  Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois are geniuses! My family is now indulging in freshly baked breads on an almost daily basis and it couldn’t be easier!  Pizza night has reached a whole new level and my friends are impressed.  You only need a few things….

the book – Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day

pizza peel

baking stone

large tupperware container for storing dough in your refrigerator

Here are some tantalizing pictures to help inspire you to take the leap into bread making.  They include so many excellent  recipes – I promise you will be happy you bought it!