I made Fast French Bread using Mark Bittman’s recipe. I found it in How to Cook Everything, so did Heather, a fellow blogger who was kind enough to key in the recipe, and you can find Mark’s blog at the NYT.

For something that took only flour, yeast, salt, and water – and the power I shouldn’t take for granted – the bread was great. By the way, the power was for the oven. I didn’t use a bread machine or food processor, and can’t imagine myself ever using either to make bread. The Zen of Dough is almost as important as the finished product, and the enthusiasm with which my family consumed said product.