Hello from beautiful Fox, Alaska

Hi All,

I guess I've never posted an intro yet ...but heck, I've only been registered for a couple of weeks so it's not too late.

Who am I?  Well, someone who grew up with his mother baking homemade bread only to have her quit when in his mid-teens ...And so had to start baking the stuff himself!  It's been 35 years of baking now, and about half of that has been with sourdough, yet I don't consider myself an expert.  I've mostly just 'made bread' as instructed in a wide variety of cook books, but have never taken the leap and learned much about various types of ferments, underlying science, or advanced techniques.  More recently, I've decided to go ahead and go down that road ...the road of learning that is.  I don't know why, but I feel it's time for me to become more expert ...the latest of late bloomers I guess.  Wish me luck and thanks for the great web site!  It is a real jewel that I had no idea existed until recently...

Brian

PS: Fox, Alaska is around 10 miles north of Fairbanks and about 120 miles south of the Arctic Circle where life is goooood and a hot kitchen is a blessed thing!