This is the first of what will be my weekly blog post It is truly a new frontier for me. I left the corporate world before the birth of Windows, laptops, Blackberries and Google and after years of standing in front of baking tables instead of a keyboard, I am just now trying to master emailing; blogging is, I hope, not totally out of my league!
I was never much of a baker before I went to cooking school, as a matter of fact I really steered clear of it. While at school, I was finally exposed to bread baking for the first time, I fell in love with the sheer beauty of it all. From the deep, dark, blistered crust to the intoxicating aroma, I was an instant bread devotee. There are few things more satisfying to me than creating a beautiful loaf of bread, from mixing to shaping, from proofing to scoring, to finally baking the loaf. Hearing the crackle of a perfectly baked boule as it comes out of the oven, as though it were applauding, is enough to hook one for life.
In the course of my postings I hope to encourage the timid (it is not nearly as complicated as you may think) and share ideas with the pros at home about our experiences with the dough.
Until next week….
