On 8/20/2012 6:13 PM, l, not -l wrote:
> Artisan bread is another of those terms that has become so devalued as to be
> meaningless. Just as most who use the word awesome have no clue about what
> is truly awesome, most who talk about artisan bread have never seen or
> tasted it.
>
(snippage)

Some folks talk about it as if it was available on every corner. Just
like there is a farmers market or an Asian market everyone can go to.
This isn't always the case. The only bread I see which claims to be
"artisan" comes from the supermarket bakery department. It's bread and
they throw some seeds in there and mark up the price.

I haven't seen anything truly awesome since I saw the sun glittering off
the Arctic ice cap

Jill