This summer, I was away from home for an artist residency. There was no oven where I was staying, so instead of baking bread myself, I enjoyed bread from local bakeries and the dense, seed-packed loaves from the supermarket.
But I really, really wanted to bake again. So when I came home, one of the first things I made was ciabatta — something that almost never goes wrong and works for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
I also started a new sourdough starter, and today is day four. If all goes well, I should be able to bake my first sourdough loaf since coming home this weekend.
Bread making is fun, delicious, and something I can adjust completely to my own taste. I also think there is something quietly confidence-building about being able to make such a basic everyday food by myself.
It reminded me again how much I love baking bread.
この夏はアーティストインレジデンシーで自宅を離れていて、滞在先にはオーブンがなく、パンは焼かずに、地元のパン屋さんのパンや、スーパーの種がぎっしり入ったパンを楽しんでいました。
でもやっぱり自分でパンを焼きたくて焼きたくて、自宅に戻って、まずはほぼ失敗がなく、朝昼晩どの食事でも食べられるチャパタを焼きました。
サワードウのスターターも作り始めて今日で4日目。今週末には帰宅後初めてのサワードウのパンを焼けそうです。
楽しくておいしくて、自分好みに作れて、あとは日常で食べる基本的な食べ物を自分で作れるので自信にもつながっているようで、やっぱりパン作りっていいなと思うのでした。
