Word: knead
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...starting at a bargain $15.90 - and there are massage-and-meal packages (one, the Tuesday Supper Club, features a 90-minute massage followed by dinner at Stein's villa for $100). There is also a daylong class for visitors that includes tuition, some yoga, lunch and a 90-minute knead at the end of the day - all for $170. For more information, see www.jarimenari.com...
...than the large swimming pool in the spa, it's one of many flourishes that distinguish the 33 bedrooms from each other and from the accommodation in lesser hotels. On the last day, Andy and I stretch out on adjacent tables in the spa as two masseuses prepare to knead and exfoliate. Each session is tailored to the individual - that's probably what Andy's masseuse means when she tells him she's about to administer "a personality treatment." Or perhaps she's acting on secret instructions from the management who may have expected us to show contrition for footprints...
Patience is clearly a key ingredient in almost any artisanal bread. Recipes, which can run to five or six pages, provide exacting instructions on how to measure and mix the flours, water and yeast; how much to knead or mix by machine; how to create the right conditions to let the yeast work its fermentation magic (there are often two or three risings); and how to hand-sculpt the final product to help achieve the perfect crust and right mix of small and large holes in the interior...