My wife and I have just recently taken an interest in breadmaking, particularly San Francisco style sourdough. We've visited a gagillion sites, watched a bunch of movies, download and printed reams of pages of how-to's, and alas . . . stumbled on The Fresh Loaf!  Whew. Just in the nick of time.

After a bit of trial-and-error we got our starter working (still living) and have actually made a couple of loaves of bread. We think we're ready to take the next steps -- polish our technique and expand our "expertise" (?).

We can tell already that The Fresh Loaf and fellow patrons are going to be a God-send.

We're thanking you in advance for your encouragement and assistance.

Best regards,

tropicalelder (aka John)