I've admitted to you before that I am not a baker.  And when I say that, I don't mean that I can't bake or don't enjoy it....because believe me I get hit by the baking bug every so often and I'm not half bad.  But with baking it's the whole everything has to be measured perfectly and if  I mess up there is no way to fix it thing that I don't like. It's way too much pressure for my liking, mostly because with cooking I am a perfectionist and with baking there is a fear of it not coming out just as the recipe says. 

However, there is a but here.  I do love homemade pizza crusts, and I am determined to start making homemade bread of all varieties.  The main reason for this is that I want to know what ingredients are in my bread, it's all very rustic and quite therapeutic.

There is something about the kneading that I really like.  I feel like I am channeling all of the great women who made bread with no fancy equipment, but just with love to feed their families.  They did it out of necessity, but really they had it right all along.  That is what I'm going for, I'm putting my baking fears aside, my fears of not having something come out perfect and I'm going to teach myself to bake bread.