First Attempt: French Bread

After watching a few episodes of Andrew Zimmerman and Anthony Bourdain, I decided to make French bread last night.  It was my first venture into "from scratch" baking.  I got the recipe from allrecipes.com and followed the instructions as closely as possible.  I was mostly happy with the outcome. I'd probably give it a 3 out of 5 stars.  Next time I'm going to add a little more salt and cook it for about 5 minutes less.  I'll probably give it another go sometime soon.  I was really enjoyable releasing my inner baker.  I'd also like to try Italian bread sometime soon as well.