Word: ciabatta
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...STANFIELD of Riverside, Calif., has been an avid bread baker for 20 years, but it was only eight months ago that the 59-year-old psychotherapist found true breadbaking bliss in the rounded form of her first handcrafted hearth bread. Next came a ciabatta--a traditional Italian loaf with a crisp crust and a remarkably chewy, holey interior. Holey or perhaps holy! One bite brought Stanfield to ecstasy: "I thought I was going to either pass out or burst into tears," she says. Stanfield has fallen hard for the time-honored craft of making artisanal breads--European-style yeast breads...
...entire cookbook devoted to it. But in Great Grilled Cheese, Laura Werlin offers up 50 lush versions of the oozing classic. Along with her opinion of "the best grilled cheese" (cheddar on sourdough), she explores a Dutch-inspired gouda with red onions on rye, right, four Italian cheeses on ciabatta, and a caprese with mozzarella offering a sweet contrast to tangy sun-dried tomatoes and lemon zest. There are even desserts like goat cheese and honey on cinnamon-raisin bread. --By Lisa McLaughlin