Retired since October, 2003. 68 to be years old. I enjoy baking more than cooking Greek Christmas Bread Greek Christmas Bread, Irish Soda Bread, Banana Bread and great cinnamon buns! First loaf of bread is still used as a paper weight! Just kidding! I made a loaf of Italian calabata. I used what I thought was flour for dusting the loaf and as a base for the loaf on a baking sheet. During the baking, my wife and I detected a very caustic smell. I thought it was the oven cleaning itself. Turned out it was baking soda. Horrible smell! Awful taste! I threw it out!