This Month’s Films: Shakespeare Wallah & The Namesake
Cuisine: Indian

Throughout my many years of experimenting with international foods, I have attempted various types of flatbreads with roulette-like results. I never know whether they’re going to do what they’re supposed to do, from forming a pita pocket, to puffing up like a balloon.

On rare occasions, it comes out perfect. But more often, it’s a disappointment, if not a downright disaster. When it comes to my flatbreads, I’m reminded of a passage from Illusions, one of my favorite books by Richard Bach, in which Donald Shimoda describes the panbread Richard makes over his campfire. “It’s sort of like…a fire…after a flood…in a flourmill, don’t you think?” Love me…love my pan bread…

But I am pleased to say that my Puffy Bread turned out just as the recipe described: lightly crisp, with an airy cavity in the center.

The recipe will be posted at the end of the month along with my Shakeapeare Wallah and The Namesake film reviews.

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