{"id":2964,"date":"2013-01-08T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2020-01-24T10:46:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:46:38","slug":"the-final-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anirama.com\/100loaves\/the-final-post\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Loaves of Bread: The Final Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just baked the last loaf of my 100 Loaves of Bread project. In addition to learning how to bake great bread, I learned a few things about myself and doing life projects. If you’re interested in a view of the project by the numbers, that can be found on my Analytics <\/a>page.<\/p>\n

Slow Learning<\/h2>\n

You can\u2019t bake bread fast, and you can\u2019t learn about baking bread in parallel. Bread baking is a slow linear process and lessons aren\u2019t learned from each loaf until you taste the finished product. I enjoy this type of patient learning, I’ve done it before with photography and woodworking. I think the experience of making progress through a long series of small steps helps me be more patient in other areas of life.<\/p>\n

The Gift of Bread<\/h2>\n

When I started this project it was almost on a whim \u2013 Sarah gave me a bread baking class for Christmas. I was looking for inspiration for what my project for the year would be (Drawing? Music? Writing?), and bread making seemed like a fun, almost quirky, thing to do. I\u2019m very thankful that I did it. I’ve developed an appreciation for bread\u2019s texture, taste, crust and crumb, and even its remarkable history. I\u2019m afraid I\u2019m even a bit of a snob about it now (I\u2019m onto you, restaurants: just because it\u2019s warm doesn’t mean it\u2019s good).<\/p>\n

Each loaf is a unique work of hand craftsmanship, made solely for enjoyment through consumption. I gave away bread to at least three dozen people, and shared my bread at meals with least four dozen more. That in itself was a great reward.<\/p>\n

Moving Forward<\/h2>\n

My four main breads (sourdough, lean, 9 grain and ciabatta) will remain a regular part of our lives now. I have ideas for new things I want to try and have a journal set up in the kitchen to continue to track my experiments and progress. But this is the last of the posts for this project. Thanks for tagging along!<\/p>\n

Carl<\/p>\n

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Nothing left but crumbs.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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