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A couple of weeks ago, I was lunching at work with Deanna (the college's associate archivist). She was enjoying some cinnamon raisin bread that looked good, and I said so.She looked at me, thought a moment, and said: "Would you like to try some?"

I tried a bit. It was delicious. She said: "Sue in periodicals told me about a new way to make bread and I tried it. Go to you tube, search for 'no knead bread.' Then you will understand."

And so I did, and it did look amazing -- 5 minutes' prep the night before, 45 minutes in the oven in the morning, and you have delicious crusty bread. I immediately forwarded the link to G, writing "We have got to try this." Deanna came by, and I told I checked it out and she said "Right? I tried it and now I do it all the time." You do need a dutch oven, though -- Deanna offered to lend me hers so I could try it out.

Well, we had some "Kohl's Bucks" left over (Canadians: translate to "Zellers Bucks") and so G went out to get a dutch oven yesterday. Over lunch yesterday, I told mentioned to a group of colleagues that we had got the dutch oven for the "no knead bread," and they said "Oh, yes - the no knead bread. We're all doing it. It's wonderful. In fact, it's spreading like wildfire across the country." I had no idea!

Ken leaned over: "But you know who really knows about this -- Sue in periodicals. She's the one who's really in to this." Deanna, on the bus home that night, confirmed this: "Yes, Sue knows. She's found secret ways of making it even better." Sue in periodicals.

So last night, we gathered the kids around the laptop in the kitchen, and listened together once again to the video. "A six year old can do it" said one bald man. "Six? A four year old can do it!" said the other bald man. And so, we mixed the ingredients together, and put the bowl upstairs to rise overnight.

Morning, Sam woke us at 6:30 - "time for the bread!" We turned out the dough, put it in the dutch oven, baked for 40 minutes. (all these testimonials end with a money shot. Here's mine:)

I must say, you must try this. It's wonderful. It changes everything. Nothing will be the same.

It's delicious crusty bread, but I know it can be better. Deanna knows some tricks, but Sue is the one I must see. Sue knows the way to perfection. Sue in periodicals.