Happy National French Bread Day!

by Alexa Weibel, Posted Mar 21st 2010 @ 1:15PM

Happy National French Bread Day!

While I picture the French scoffing at their across-the-pond neighbors celebrating a culinary trademark item of theirs for a national stateside holiday, America's long been prized as a melting pot -- and we're happy to embrace the wondrous baguette. The golden bread achieves a fluffy interior and remarkably crunchy crust through its use of water on the exterior during the baking process, creating a smoother glaze for added crunch.

Ambitious blogging cooks the "Daring Bakers" attempted the challenge of tackling Julia Child's recipe for French bread -- the glorious result of which you see pictured here. Blogger the Sour Dough promises, "I was going to conquer Julia's Masterpiece French Bread recipe. When I finally made the bread, it was the closest to real French bread I have ever had this side of the Pond." Bon appetit!

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Filed Under: Holidays, Food History
Tags: bread, french bread, french bread recipe, julia child, national french bread day