Best Bread I've Ever Made

The stars aligned for me on Friday when I made french bread. Somehow, everything was perfect-- ingredients, mixture, rise, and baking. It tasted incredible (and it sure didn't last long!) Thanks go to Farmgirl, for her post about how to bake better bread.


As I was eating this divine stuff, I got to thinking about the nature of bread. Indulge me while I wax a little philosophical here. Bread is the most basic and universal of foods. It is so simple. And yet, the complexity, the chemistry, and the artistry of what occurs between the grain and the leavening is miraculous. In my opinion, bread defies the theory of evolution. A world in which there are substances such as wheat and yeast that can be carefully combined in such a way as to produce Bread has to have been created; indeed, created by One who said "I am the bread of life." Bread is a gift to man from a loving God.