Doctor's note: saved by the challah -- A brief history of challah -- Making the challah: the journey -- In preparation. Finding time on Fridays ; Gathering your ingredients ; Proofing the yeast -- Baking. The first big mix ; The first blessing ; Fertilization ; The second big mix ; Kneading the dough ; Rising up ; The prayers ; Shaping the dough ; Painting the dough ; Baking the challah ; Rituals around eating challah -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"What if you could bake bread once a week, every week? And what if the act of making the bread--mixing and kneading, watching and waiting--could heal your sense of being overwhelmed? It can. This is the surprise that physician-mother Beth Ricanati learned when she started baking challah: that simply stopping and baking bread was the best medicine she could prescribe for women in a fast-paced world"--Page 4 of cover.
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