One thing you may not know is that as a teenager I had the pleasure of working in two bakeries, each artisan in nature, each with distinct products and approaches to the art of bread baking. Aside from being tasty (and essentially the solid form of beer,) the transformation of wheat to a finished product has always held great interest for me. And also a point of humor you might recall from Dangerous Dough; The Dreaded Bread Threat.

Last week, one of my old buddies sent a link to this video with Peter Reinhart giving a TED talk about his new “epoxy bread” but more importantly, taking us through the baking process in an engaging and highly technical manner.

If you have any interest in bread, invest 15 minutes in this video. Or another way to say this is, if you watch one video about bread in your lifetime, this is the one you ought to watch. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

The Baker’s Toast: May your crust be crisp, and may your bread always rise.

HT: Paul