Italian Bread: Taste and Photos

So after a long wait, it was finally time to taste it.  I sliced down the first piece and I liked the sight that greeted me.  It looked like the picture in my cooking bible, a golden crust, irregular holes.  Then I tasted a piece plain and I nearly melted, it was fantastic.  It tasted like I hoped it would, simple, pure, tender, with a little bit of resistance at the crust.  I was ecstatic.  Of course, I needed some other opinions, so I sliced pieces for my mom and dad and they agreed that it was a winner, the right taste and texture, as good or even better than the bread served in our favorite local Italian restaurant.

Pictures to come soon, as soon as I upload them, but this recipe was definitely a winner.