1. My grandmother was of French ancestry and her bread
reflected her heritage. It was not like the ___________ [ A light,
fluffy sandwich bread. B light, fluffy, sandwich bread. C light,
fluffy, sandwich, bread.] that you see in the store. It was not
like the puffed rolls at dinner, or the thin, crusty baguettes that
people call French bread. This was pain de campagne (French
for “country bread”). This was a giant, round loaf of chewy,
crunchy sourdough.
2. In the evening, my grandmother would make a sticky, shaggy
mess out of the most basic mix of [ A water, salt, flour and
starter B water salt flour and starter. C water, salt, flour, and
starter.] The starter was a glob taken from a bowl of fermenting
dough that my grandmother always had ready. There was
nothing _________ [ A glamorous B glamerus C glamerous D
glamorus] about the work, but the transformation of those
simple ingredients seemed like magic.