CF - That's a gorgeous-looking loaf of bread! I don't think anyone was "just being nice", either. I'll bet that bread tasted fantastic and for sure, your kitchen must have smelled wonderful. I'm going to try some of this bread - thanks for sharing. And thanks for the spinach pie recipe, also. Ian says to tell you they'll have to play with it some to get the amounts of ingredients just right but that his Exec. Chef is quite interested and could they call it "Syrian Spinach Pie"? Is your wife one of those "a pinch of this and a skosh of that" types of bakers and cooks? Uses no recipe but just cooks by memory? Nobody can ever duplicate what they do but it's always delicious!
Fallon