So—as I have hinted at here and there—I’ve spent the better part of the last six months working on a proposal for a book about bread baking. During that time, I’ve probably spent as much time ruminating on what to call that book as I did on the actual text of the proposal. The following is a partial list of rejected titles:

A Loaf Supreme

Better Off Bread

Bizarre Loaf Triangle

The Book of Loaf

Bread to Me

Broken Flours

Dawn of the Bread

Doughn't Worry Darling

Eat Pray Loaf

Endless Loaf

Flours for Algernon

Flours in the Attic

Geek Loaf

Higher Bread

In the Mood for Loaf

Loaf, Actually

Loaf Story

Loaf Unlimited

The Loaf Witch

Loafing Around

Loaves In The Time Of Cholera

Loaves Will Tear Us Apart

Sea of Loaf

Sentimental Breaducation

Sourdon’ts

What’s Loaf Got to Do With It?

Whole Lotta Loaf

Speaking of which, this happened last week:

I will have lots more to say about this and what it means for this newsletter soon, but the bottom line is that it is all good. While I have a lot of work to do over the next 18 months (the manuscript is due in May 2024 for a Fall 2025 publication date), this will actually give me more time to focus on the newsletter than I have had over the last year or so, because I can cut way back on the freelance writing and recipe developing I’ve been doing to keep the lights on.

Thank you all for the support and encouragement you have given me here, I couldn’t have gotten to this point without it.

—Andrew