{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"PoohsDen","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden","author_name":"Vinitha","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/author\/pooh_admin\/","title":"52 Loaves : Book Review &#8212; PoohsDen","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TJBdn4fBER\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/52-loaves-book-review\/\">52 Loaves : Book Review<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/52-loaves-book-review\/embed\/#?secret=TJBdn4fBER\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;52 Loaves : Book Review&#8221; &#8212; PoohsDen\" data-secret=\"TJBdn4fBER\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Remember not so long ago, I mentioned I am going to spend winter 2010 reading through NPR&#8217;s suggested summer 2010 reads? Well I did get started on it. There were 15 recommendations and my first choice was &#8211; 52 loaves &#8211; One Man&#8217;s Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust by William Alexander. Given my latest obsession with baking it really was not a big surprise that I picked this book first. The book is a narrative by the author as he tries to bake the perfect loaf of bread in the course of a year. He bakes a loaf every weekend and he goes to extremes (like growing his own wheat) to get the perfect loaf with air pockets and just the basic ingredients (flour, yeast and water). His adventures lead him through flour mills, yeast manufactures, Morocco, a ritzy bread course in Paris and then a monastery in France. William Alexander is a typical suburban middle aged dad, an IT director and someone obsessed with bread. I am really not the obsessive kind, I am more fickle. Will I be able to such a project is something that crossed my mind a millions of times as [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/images.indiebound.com\/834\/125\/9781565125834.jpg"}