Bread. Once you've baked a loaf, yourself, then acquired the concepts, techniques and methods, the process is a thourougly addictive habit. For me, the greatest pleasure are the stages.
From the daily nuturing of a levain all the way to feeling the wet dough that later crusts in your fingers.
At moments, you remember that this simple substance (dough) is a living thing who will come to full life, then die,cast into a crust in the baking.
The pleasure is undoubtedly in the final result, and the taste and smiles it brings to those who taste it.
Mmmm isn’t that the truth! Your pictures are lovely. Thanks for the great post. I think I’ll go bake some bread today ;o)
So true. Every time I make a loaf, especially when I get it out of the oven, I get a thrill of excitement, my hit for the day.