I could have written this, too: “I like to believe that I was born with a pen in one hand and a book in the other.” But Meena beat me to it. People who know me know that I always have a book or three going, I subscribe to about 7 magazines, I read the newspaper every day and Newsweek every week, not to mention all the cookbooks … I don’t know how I keep up

And now Meena from Hooked on Heat is combining all of these loves in a new food blogging event: The Cook’s Book Club. I just ordered the book, “Serving Crazy with Curry,” from Amazon.com. I’m really looking forward to this.

I discovered the New York Times No-Knead Bread recipe a few months ago on SteamyKitchen.com and have made it a few times myself. Just doing my part here to get the word out You, too, can make delicious artisan bread at home with just a few minutes of hands-on time.

Just plan ahead by about 22 hours. It needs to rise for 18 hours right after mixing, then roll it around a little, then let rise another 2 hours before baking. But with the price of bread rising so much lately, it’s nice to be able to throw together water, flour, yeast and salt and get this result the next day: