I remember being infatuated with the library when I was around 10 or so. I was a bit of a nerdy bookworm and I remember going to the library after school at least twice a week and being excited by what was in it and the power you had at your finger tips of the library catalogue.
And then, I got a bit social and didn’t really use the library at all. In fact every birthday and Christmas I am so inundated with books as gifts that I have a big stack that feels never ending. In a good way of course. So except for the occasional paper in university (there aren’t a lot of math papers) I really haven’t used a library in almost 15 years. However, today I had a blissful moment that reminded me of why it is fabulous.
I finally got my hands on Jeffrey Hamelman’s book Bread. I haven’t made anything out of it yet. But I was excited so I sat down in the corner of the library during my lunch break and cracked it. Magically it fell open to a page on shaping epis de ble. I have been wanting to try and make these the whole time I have been baking bread but despite all my googling and checking in every bread book I see I have yet to find how to do this. It was like it was meant to be. So I am very excited about this book. Hopefully I will get a chance to make some bread this weekend, it has been almost 3 weeks so I have the itch!
So I guess the moral is to check at the library – the other neat thing about it is you can borrow a book for a few weeks and see if it is worth owning or not. (So obvious, I know.) Some cookbooks fit your style more then others. Another fabulous one I checked out was a recommendation from a Chowhound thread about asian cooking called Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet
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Katerina,
I can’t help but think that you and I could be friends. We both like baking bread (though you cook a LOT more than I do)….and I just started a private blog the other day. now when I look at yours I realize I completely copied your template. Take it as flattery, okay?
I’ll be your friend! Wow, I cook a LOT more huh – I guess I do cook almost everyday…
No worries on copying of the template, mine isn’t exactly original. I must say I am a little surprised though, I really don’t like it that much and have been working on my own template of late, hopefully that one will go over well too..