I arrived at about 7:00 and the room was packed. I ended up sitting waaaay in back but with the aid of a large overhead mirror I could still see fairly well. The instructor covered basics like the proper way to measure flour, making a poolish, the differences between A.P. flour and Bread flour, using a bread machine (for kneading only-something I'm quite familiar with

), couches, dough rising baskets, kneading slack dough, turning dough, and a few basic shapes. All in all it was a good class. I came away with some new bits of information and it put me in the mood to bake more. The past few weeks I haven't had the time or patience to bake bread, so I've been making frequent trips to the local bakery to get my "fix". Last night I came home and made a poolish-better run to the store for more flour..............