For our Renaissance Faire a couple weeks ago I spent some time on-line looking for a bread recipe that would look and taste somewhat authentic without taking days. Well, I didn't find much that would work for that, but I did find an interesting recipe for a sort of rustic/artesian bread that looked fairly easy, and since I've never been terribly good at artesian breads I thought I'd try it. The first time it turned out fairly well, though a little darker than I like. This second time I used a starter I just got going instead of yeast and added quite a bit more water than the first time.
Definitely not the best loaf of bread in the world, but it has a fairly open crumb and is chewier than I've managed before. So I'll have to try it again sometime.
Here are a couple sites (baking blogs!) that inspired me (the first includes the basic recipe, if anyone is interested).
http://www.breadtopia.com/basic-no-knead-method/http://www.realbakingwithrose.com/http://www.thefreshloaf.com/
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