Has anyone ever heard of the mineral called "Petalite"? It's a lithium feldspar that, when used to bake, radiates infrared rays that exceed that of a stone oven. It's supposed to create really good bread! I watched "Yakitate!! Japan" to find that out. Can I really use it in clay, and more importantly, can I use it to make a mold with volcanic rock? Please help me!

This is Glacrwlf with a puzzling question: Where can I find ancient wheat? I read the latest chapters of Yakitate!! Japan, and I heard about this product. I want to find some ancient Filipino Wheat for my Filipay (Filipino Tinapay) and I need to know where to find any Filipino province that has it.

Hi, I am very excited to join in The Fresh Loaf.

I've never seen such a fruitful community for bread baking in Japan!

I'm a Japanese woman, living in Mie pref.. Japan. Well......near Nagoya.

My baking days started in April, 2008. I am just a new comer in the bread baking.

Though I often fail in baking bread,  I really love it and enjoy it.

Now "No bread baking, No Life!" is becoming to be one of may favorite words.

 If you are interested in Japanese homemade bread, please visit my blog.

I'm planning to translate some bread baking articles in my weblog into English gradually.

In case where you should have any comments or questions about Japanese bread,

feel free to send me e-mail shown below. Your message is always much welcomed.

Thanks and happy baking!

blog:http://in-the-fields.seesaa.net/

e-mail: teroli.in.the.fields@gmail.com

A Really Crappy Poem

By JMonkey

Hungry? Famished? Almost dead?
Jonesing for a hunk of bread?
Never fear, walk down the hall
To the machine that vends it all.
You'll find there bread in a can,
So long as you live in Japan.



Here's a link to the article.