For a while now, I've always wanted to bake homemade bread like what you find in European bakeries, as well as at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.  I came across a few that piqued my interest, but the one that I decided to go with is a recipe for European peasant bread that was posted on a website called, "Pete Bakes!"

The recipe was super easy to do.  I split the dough up into four balls, baked one of them and put the other three in the freezer; to be baked up on another day.  I think the only thing I'd do differently is to use a tad less salt, as the bread tends to have more of a salty flavor than I'd like.  But the reason for making this bread was to go with my homemade pea soup.

Today was no school because of Yom Kippur, so my daughter and I decided to go apple picking at Shelburne Farm in Stow, MA.  We spent an enjoyable couple of hours picking apples and eating cider donuts and pumpkin ice cream.  With our tummies full and the car loaded with our peck of Macoun apples and a half-gallon of cider, we went home.

As my friends and family know, I love to cook.  And what my CLOSEST friends know is:  I love to experiment with cooking.  Initially, I was going to bake my usual apple crisp, but instead, I ended up baking something else...