I wish I had read the other reviews before I tried this.  What a mess.  Way to little liquid.  I had such high hopes for it based on the picture.

I made some initial edits based on the previous  reviews and loved it.  I added an extra 1/2 cup buttermilk (1-3/4 c total) and an extra 1/4 tsp soda (1-1/4 tsp total) and had a delicious hot loaf of bread in under an hour.  My one year-old and 2 year-old had fun helping and loved the finished product too.  As written, it's not viable, but with a little extra buttermilk it's wonderful.

There is not enough liquid in this recipe to make a dough.  After wasting my time and ingredients I checked other recipes and found that 2 cups of liquid is needed for 4 cups of flour.  Maybe the amount of buttermilk should be 1 and 3/4 cups, and along with one egg, which is 1/4 cup, the liquid amount would be right.  Not sure I'll try this recipe again unless Food and Wine can verify all ingredient amounts.