Simple Ingredients, Complex Obsessions
Welcome to the bread side of life—where flour flies, timers rule the day, and your starter has a name and more personality than your neighbor. Whether you're shaping baguettes at 6 a.m. like a flour-dusted wizard or just now learning that proofing doesn't involve evidence, you're in the right place. This is the carb-laden corner of the site where gluten is good, crust is king, and every loaf is a lesson in patience, fermentation, and resisting the urge to cut too soon.
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