Howdy from DFW

Let me introduce myself. I am Chris hailing from Arlington, TX, a suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Growing up, money was relatively tight so my mother baked her own bread. I guess if you are used to home-baked bread it is hard to be satisfied with cheap store-bought bread.

Fast forward a few decades. About a year ago I started baking my own bread. I started with yeast dough and wheat flower, nothing to write home about. Then I "discovered" natural yeast and sourdough.The first attempt was to cook mantou (馒头, steamed buns) using regular wheat flour. This turned out out not too bad.

My latest adventure is a regular loaf of bread using my sourdough starter. Looks like that turned out all right, too. 

I am glad a found the "fresh loaf" website and forum and look forward to experience where this journey will take us.