and........Bread it was........

Definitely a once in a lifetime chance for me (and 15 other students) to learn from a world expert in bread making. Our FRENCH teacher was the coach for the USA national bread making team that recently won the world championship. He was amazing, charming, funny, would answer any questions in detail (over and over), and he let everyone take all the photos they wanted. I have lots of photos and videos of various techniques.

It was one busy three days and I was whooped every evening........
But we got to see bread dough being made and mixed.....and heard lots of lecture.....we could ask any questions.....

But, the best part was taking the class with Helen (aka Kid). We had a great time and worked as a team flawlessly (almost)...
Below and above we are feeling the texture of the fresh dough......(that is the art part and is very critical)....

Then (below) we worked to shape the dough into various forms depending on the type of bread....

and, after watching the bread bake we ended up with the products below...

It was a great weekend.....now all I have to do is buy a bigger freezer.......