Hydration, crumb, and the science of a great oven spring.
A dutch oven turns a home oven into a steam-injected deck oven. Get the preheat temps, parchment sling, lid-on and lid-off timing, burnt-bottom fixes, and a cold-start method for nervous first-timers.
Big, glossy holes are not luck — they are gluten, gas, and gentle hands. Here is what really drives an open crumb.
