I wish that were true for me, though I admit that I have not tried bread, but only the much simpler biscuits. I didn't like my results from "The Joy of Cooking," and took up with Beard. Results: the exact same not-as-risen-as-I-wanted biscuits. I didn't progress to bread in that book.

Perhaps I should watch a youtube video on biscuit-making. I know at least two people who make excellent biscuits but don't have as much chance at a teaching opportunity as I would like.

K.