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t.h.h.Baker

UNEXPECTEDLY human

[bread, as skill, history & purpose]

Speaking with my wife, Tatiana, recently--in an effort to spur conversation--she asked why I bake bread? After a little thought, I said:

I do it for myself because it is cathartic while also ceremonial--a connection to mine, and our collective, ancestry. I do it because it will soon be a forgotten artform and I think it is VERY important to keep the skill and tradition alive--for bread is uniquely HUMAN. I bake for others because there is nothing like hearing the simple joy when someone says, "oh, it's still warm" and "it's SO GOOD", upon receiving a fresh slice. I bake bread for our family--because food made in the home is generally healthier and made from real ingredients, without additives. I bake for our daughters because I want my girls to know how to cook and bake; and to be self-reliant in all aspects and in all ways. And I want them to embody the thousands of years and billions of others who did the same before us.

She paused and told me, "That's what you need to put on the website." 

[the handy honey...with a loaf of white]

the handy honey baker and his apron

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"Ours has been a long, global; sometimes, fruit-full relationship. Homo sapiens. Yeast, wheat & water; and of course, towards the end, add in a strong gust of fire. 10,000 years of human beings being, well, human. Nowadays, with technology overtaking our lives: we could surely use a bit more of that.

And what can be more human than--bread?

Yeah, we don’t know either. Enjoy."

--t.h.h.Baker, the handy honey baker--

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W. H. Etlinger & Brothers 

A FAMILY THAT MEANT BUSINESS

[history in community]

Moulton, TX: Our familial hometown, dating back to the 1860's +/-. My grandfather and his four brothers had a name for business in the region; and they had a reputation as well. People in the community thought they were in the mafia because they were all businessmen, would only sit together in public, without the wives, and hushed conversation when others came around.  

[Etlinger Dry Good Store, Moulton, TX; circa, 1940's]

Mamo Etlinger's bread bowl: the same bowl t.h.h.Baker occasionally uses to proof dough

FROM GROCERS TO, NOW, BAKERS: KEEPING FAMILY & TRADITION ALIVE FOR OUR DAUGHTERS THROUGH THIS 4TH GENERATION ETLINGER FAMILY

BREAD BOWL

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