Hi from Kyoto, Japan! New to bread baking and hoping to learn a lot from you all :)
Hi. I've been baking since just before Christmas last year when I found a bread recipe on a site I was looking at to find ideas for Christmas. Well, my first bread wasn't great, but it did at least rise and with plenty of jam tasted good ;) This was, in my eyes, a moderate success and so I decided to try again, and again and again, until I finally got bread worth eating on its own. Since then, I've been baking a couple of times a week, mostly using recipes from Peter Reinhart's wonderful books.
I joined the forum to get (and maybe give once I am more experienced) advice about how to improve my bread, my techniques and knowledge of ingredients and the science behind the dough. From what I've read so far there are plenty of talented, passionate and creative people on here and I am pleased to join such a nice community of people and looking forward to sharing information and ideas.