Each new bread formula raises my anxiety, as in “how am I gonna do this?” Two things calm me, methods and inspiration. Here’s a method I use to allay fear, benefit of Mick Hartley of Bethesda Baking fame. So far as inspiration, my baking muse for Levantine  leavening is Lev Lior Sercarz, the spice guru whose  Jerusalem bagels and Yogurt challah have me delighted.