I feel very lucky to have a partner that pursues his passions with fervor. Barbeque? Got the smoker, got the cookbook, it has been perfected. Pasta making? Multiple cookbooks and six hours later and we have 42 servings of homemade pasta in the freezer. Going wine tasting? We've got the names, the map, and the printout of all wine prices before leaving. Okay, that one might have been me.
Latest obsession of Chris? Bread making. Ahh, bread making. Who doesn't love fresh baked bread? The smell, that first warm bite. Chris REALLY loves bread, and more than that the challenge of bread making.
Round 1: Late August. As all foodie challenges begin, Chris was watching a bread making episode of America's Test Kitchen. Crusty white bread. As kids who grew up on wheat bread, we love love love some farm style white bread. It was great. We proclaimed, "THE BEST BREAD EVER MADE!"
Round 2-3: Attempts to make the previously mentioned bread lighter. Still tasty, however not lighter. Following these two loaves I thought perhaps I was gluten intolerant. Then I realized I should probably include something besides bread in my diet. Cured.
Round 4: We discovered an amazing blog...foodwishes.blogspot.com wear the Chef provides video recipes. Viola! We made REAL, LIGHT, WONDERFUL Ciabatta bread! BEST BREAD EVER MADE! We decided to include some vegetables in our diet this time around with bruschetta from our garden tomatoes and basil.
And then I lost track. Since this time, we've had at least 6 loaves of bread including light farm style white bread that was not dense (Again-best bread ever made!), oatmeal bread, and more ciabatta bread. Today is his first attempt at multi-grain bread. I'm sure it will also be the best bread ever made.
Did I mention we had to buy the 50 lbs. bag of bread flour from Costco?
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