Yes please get into the depths of chemistry because at least someone here loves the science talk! that bread surely is a SIN and yay to making us a favour for not dropping the bar on tomatoes …
Sharing far and wide. What an entertaining read! While we have no access to your recommended Spanish and southern Italian winter tomatoes here in the US, I’m loving the idea of using orange in a winter panzanella, at least until proper local tomatoes come online sometime in late July.
I moved to Le Marche 3 years ago. From Tuscany head east.
We have the same problem here. The worst bread I have routinely been served. My husband is so happy that I finally found a properly made bread. It is a natural sourdough made with salt. It is made in Roma and shipped to our smallish (50k population) town daily(except Sunday) along with several other varieties including an 8 grain, a traditional integrale and believe it or not a white variety with no salt. The people who prefer tasteless bread can get bread, better than the worst bread, which has a great crust, a lovely texture but still carries the ancient tradition of bread with no flavor whatsoever.
Wonderful writing Jordon. I was laughing out loud. The photo of the bread made me honk and reminded me of my early sourdough loves to be honest. Thank you for sharing it. Stupid bread indeed.
Yes please get into the depths of chemistry because at least someone here loves the science talk! that bread surely is a SIN and yay to making us a favour for not dropping the bar on tomatoes …
Help the photo of the flan
I hate Tuscan bread so fucking much and I’m so here for this
So interesting - really enjoyed this article.
Loved this and love this recipe
Thank you. Probably gonna test this as a side for the next bbq dinner with the family
I'm so with you on Tuscan bread. Utterly shit. It's also a criminal companion to such a beautiful landscape.
Sharing far and wide. What an entertaining read! While we have no access to your recommended Spanish and southern Italian winter tomatoes here in the US, I’m loving the idea of using orange in a winter panzanella, at least until proper local tomatoes come online sometime in late July.
Thanks. Delightful read, and a great recipe.
panzanella is a criminally underrated salad
The salad in the photo is an all-time-favorite for summer, I can say as a Mediterranean!
Really great piece. I make Jim Laney’s boules a lot, and they don’t last long so I will use the recipe - including using oranges in the winter.
Thank you for this fine review of Tuscan bread.
I moved to Le Marche 3 years ago. From Tuscany head east.
We have the same problem here. The worst bread I have routinely been served. My husband is so happy that I finally found a properly made bread. It is a natural sourdough made with salt. It is made in Roma and shipped to our smallish (50k population) town daily(except Sunday) along with several other varieties including an 8 grain, a traditional integrale and believe it or not a white variety with no salt. The people who prefer tasteless bread can get bread, better than the worst bread, which has a great crust, a lovely texture but still carries the ancient tradition of bread with no flavor whatsoever.
Wonderful writing Jordon. I was laughing out loud. The photo of the bread made me honk and reminded me of my early sourdough loves to be honest. Thank you for sharing it. Stupid bread indeed.