i made a loaf of bread today, from the videos/recipe on my school's online cooking school site. it took me three tries to get the yeast to sort of double in size, so i suppose that was strike one. But it doubled the first time i let the dough rise, so i thought everything was going good. kneading was my favorite part i think, although i don't think i kneaded enough. then after i had shaped it into a baquette shape and let it rise the second time, i didn't flour the dough enough and the plastic wrap stuck to the sides pretty much all the way around :( then when i slashed it it sort of deflated and didn't really get much bigger in the oven. it did get harder though! the result was edible, and we did eat pretty much all of it (we threw out the last bit cuz there is only so much 1/4" thick crust one can subject their teeth to). I might try using instant yeast like their recipe called for, i don't really know what the difference would be. Anyways, it was a lot of work for a not-so-great result. but here it is in all it's flat floured glory:



ps. just wondering, do my comments work?