Bread

It is a gloomy rainy day here in Washington, DC and I had to abandon my one week yoga challenge today because the yoga studio is CLOSED something about the heating being broken. And one cannot very well do hot yoga with broken heat. So after running quite a few errands and buying the finishing touches to the suit I will wear on my interviews for residency I am cooped up in our apartment. Kevin is programing and listening to yoga music and I might do a few vinyasas for good measure but my week long yoga-fest will have to wait until tomorrow. I was thinking of making some bread from scratch. We have some yeast left from our first attempt at pizza dough last week which turned out quite well. In looking for bread recipes online I found this. Tartine Bakery is located right next to Bi-Rite  which just happens to be the place of employment for two best friends Patrick and Anthea. When I saw the beautiful images and detailed instructions on how to create your very own home version of Tartine bread I knew I had to have it. I think this book will be on the top of my Christmas list this year. When Kevin and I went to visit Anthea and Patrick in San Francisco we tasted some amazing Tartine creations and let me tell you it was a life changing experience. I am also a huge fan of Zingerman's especially the farm loaf. I love giving the bread of the month club as a gift. I mean could you imagine a better gift than loaves of tasty, crusty bread each month? I don't think one exists. While the bread I make today will not be Tartine bread maybe this winter I will be able to make some. Here are some tasty Tartine treats as eye candy.

From Tartine Bakery 

Now back to the search for an easy bread recipe for today.