The anxiety of the perfect loaf: the illusion of culinary precision

One of my favorite recipes for challah does not tell you how much flour to use. To a modern amateur baker, this omission borders on heresy. In an era where we measure yeast to the gram, a recipe that merely offers a rough estimate and casually instructs you to “add flour…

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