I'd like to introduce myself, I'm a sort-of novice bread maker from San Diego.  I'm saying sort of because I have done some bread baking in the past, but have only just become proficient at turning out loaves that actually are successful, rise well and look beautiful.  I read about this site in the January 2010 issue of Saveur Magazine as one of the top 100 readers resources and decided to check it out, I'm very glad I did!!  I can't wait to try some of the recipes and I am just poking around exploring right now.