As a Boomer, I grew up with a dad who baked bread. I refused to eat Wonder Bread, so he thought I'd buy into homemade. I did not. Nevertheless, I was fascinated by the art of bread-making.. In the mid-1980s-1990s, I gave a lot of dinner parties. I turned to "The Wise Encyclopedia of Cookery.". I settled on their Italian Bread recipe. Guests raved about it, and I decided I had a winner, so why switch to a different recipe. From the mid-1990s until 2000, I made no bread. I also did not buy it. I still did not and do not like bread. In 2000, I discovered a recipe for Cuban Bread in "The Complete Tightwad Gazette." It makes 2 loaves. I was sold. I started making it to give with dinners I cook for other people to help them out. Eventually, I found this website and your Tuscan-style Herb Bread. It's a stunner of a loaf, and people love it. I bake bread, because I admire the art of crafting the dough and watching it rise. I also bake bread, because other people genuinely appreciate my effort. It makes them happy. Their happiness makes me happy. I like the applause.

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