I did read Flour Water Salt Yeast myself and was one of my first bread books. I learned about it through the James Beard Awards list.
I did bake the round loafs on a Staub 4 qt dutch oven with no damage - maybe no damage would occur to your LC?
I did baguettes for a while with the Emile Henry baguette crock
But lately I’ve been buying my baugettes from Costco and the quality of their bread is actually very nice so I didn’t bake bread for a few months.
