Can you name a more quintessential French food?

你能說出一種更典型的法國食品嗎？

The recipe is quite simple.

配方很簡單。

You just need flour, water, yeast, and salt.

你只需要麵粉、水、酵母和鹽。

Yet, here in France, it's not just any loaf of bread

然而，在法國，這不是普通的麵包。

that anybody can make at home.

任何人都可以在家裡做。

We're in Paris in the 14th district,

我們在巴黎的14區。

and we're about to meet with Mahmoud M'seddi.

我們要去見Mahmoud M'seddi。

He's an artisanal baker, son of a baker,

他是一個手工麵包師，一個麵包師的兒子。

who's been making bread basically

誰一直在做麵包基本上

ever since he can remember.

從他有記憶開始

This is his shop.

這是他的店。

Let's walk in.

讓我們走進去。

[bread crackling] Mahmoud is a master of bread.

馬哈茂德是一個麵包大師。

Look at this giant loaf!

看看這個大面包！

He even won an award for the best baguette in Paris.

他甚至獲得了巴黎最佳法棍獎。

What he's going to show us is not your average baguette,

他要給我們看的不是一般的法棍。

but the baguette tradition,

但法棍傳統。

which is a baguette made on-site with simple ingredients.

這是一種用簡單的材料現場製作的法棍。

Claudia: Making a baguette is much more complex

克勞迪婭：做一個法棍要複雜得多。

and time consuming than you'd think.

而且比你想象的要耗費時間。

Every step requires inside knowledge, skill, and expertise.

每一步都需要內行的知識、技巧和專業技能。

It all starts with the dough.

這一切都從麵糰開始。

Mahmoud starts making the dough at 5 a.m.

馬哈茂德早上5點開始做麵糰。

with only flour and water, kneads it,

只用麵粉和水，揉麵。

then at 8 a.m. he adds yeast and salt and water again.

然後在早上8點，他又加入酵母和鹽以及水。

Claudia: You can hear the sounds of the dough.

克勞迪婭：你可以聽到麵糰的聲音。

[dough squelching]

[麵糰壓扁]

Claudia: When the dough is ready, it rests for one hour.

克勞迪婭：麵糰做好後，要休息一個小時。

Then it is taken out in small batches.

然後分批取出來。

Claudia: The batches of dough will be left

克勞迪婭：麵糰的批次將被留下。

to rest until the following day,

要休息到第二天。

while batches from the day before

而前一天的批次

are going to be cut in pieces and shaped.

是要切成塊狀的，形。

This is when the dough starts to resemble a baguette.

這時，麵糰開始像法棍一樣。

Claudia: One batch of dough will make about 20 baguettes,

克勞迪婭：一個批次的麵糰可以做20個左右的法棍。

and about 200 baguettes will come out

約200個法棍會出來

from the whole of the dough.

從整個麵糰。

[crunching]

[緊縮]

Wow. It smells so nice.

哇，好香啊它聞起來很不錯。

So soft inside.

內心好柔軟。