or Terry Vlossak, - re: refreshing bread, I freeze bread tightly
wrapped in aluminum foil and placed in a plastic bag with other wrapped
loaves. To refresh frozen bread, remove from plastic but leave loaf
wrapped in foil, thaw in 350 F oven or toaster oven for 20 minutes
(baguettes), 25 or more if thicker. The crust is usually fine but if
it is a little soft, unwrap the foil, turn off the oven and leave the
loaf in the oven for 2 minutes more.
To refresh unfrozen bread, 5 minutes in a 350 F oven (turned off) will
usually do it but the crust might get brittle and "crumbly".
Werner