Bread Post No.1...bringing us all up to speed.

So I am a bread lover. There is no way I could ever subscribe to a low carb diet. But I am okay with that, more so now that I have started to learn how to make some tasty artisan style breads. The key factor was when I acquired a copy (thanks to my mom) of "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" (that should be read in a deep radio announcer's voice with lots of reverb). It is a nice basic book by Jeff Hertzberg, MD and Zoe Francois. I had started reading Rose Levy Beranbaum's "The Bread Bible" and it seemed very interesting but at this stage was a little too intimidating for me. I do plan on revisiting it in the future.

Back to the breads. I believe I have made around 20 loaves so far, mostly sticking with the French boule but tweaking some with herbs and most recently kalamata olives (yum!), but I did stray once into the whole wheat sandwich loaf realm. It's been a very rewarding process and I thought I'd share a few pictures.

 French boule 


Crust



Crumb

  

This one was a little plump.




Topped with some sesame seeds.



Mmm, olives!