Holla

I hope one of you is ready to hire a personal pastry chef (PPC). Cuz in one week, I graduate. Then it's hardcore Christmas Cookie Time. Then... I got nothin.'

But I know how to make awesome pizza dough!

And I can cover it in your favorite toppings...

And as your PPC, I won't even let Linda touch it. (She didn't touch my pizza, either. Her hand got slapped!)

Now here are some breads you won't be eating if I worked for you:

Pear Buckwheat bread

Roasted Potato Bread

Roasted Tomato Bread

Harvest Squash Bread

Let's just say that they weren't my slice of bread. I think of the person who wrote the recipe, and then I think about how I would feel if I wrote a recipe that people said was awful, and I can't say anything bad (on the internet).

There were plenty of breads that were great. If you hire a PPC, you'll eat them on a regular basis.

You can't go wrong with Cook's Illustrated, and their Olive Rosemary bread is tender and has a good olive flavor (you're out of luck if you don't like olives).

Fougasse is a traditional bread that is related to focaccia. We shaped and cut it to look like a leaf.

And the Challah was so good it was gone in one night. How many people say out loud "Holla!" when they hear someone else say "Challah"? I say it in my head, so I know half the population says it out loud. Anyway, it's good.

Next week I want to show you the gingerbread version of the Art Institute that I helped with. If you had a PPC, you could have a gingerbread replica of your house. Just saying.

And it's finals week. I doubt lightning will strike twice and the grease trap will need to be replaced, canceling finals. But one can hope.