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type: "article"
title: "The loaf that finally taught me patience"
summary: "I chased the perfect crumb for a year. The bread I'm proudest of is the one I stopped fighting."
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author: "Nadia Rossi (@nadiarossi)"
published: "2026-07-16T08:30:00.000Z"
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# The loaf that finally taught me patience

For a year my bread was a competition I was losing against Instagram.

> The day I stopped trying to make someone else's loaf, mine got better. Funny how that works.

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