Not long ago on twitter, I met Italian baker Sara Ballerini, who now lives in Spain. Both Sara and I have a love for all things fermented. Since our first meeting, I've enjoyed Sara's support as a lover of great tidings from sour dough, baking, and...
You can find a boulangerie on every corner in Paris. And it's there where I first found Eric Kayser Boulangerie, all by chance. Just walking. Eric Kayser has built a world wide baking empire, most recently opening one here in New York City. Again, I happened to come...
My love of baking doesn't rest on nights and weekends. In fact, a week working in a professional kitchen hasn't stopped my enjoyment of exploring bread and loaves. And so somehow I woke up one morning recently and realized that somehow I have started a...
At the foot of the Parisian gardens of Sceaux is a small boulangerie called l’Etoile du Berger. It was opened by famed boulanger Franck Debieu. A friend in Paris is a member of his staff, and had offered to introduce me to him and his delicious bread and pastries....
The Loaf in a Box is a pop-up (temporary) bakery in San Sebastian, Spain run by Dan Lepard through the auspices of two organizations. With a crew that included Ibán Yarza and hardworking apprentice bakers, Egoitz Fernández and David Arellano whom I met. It has created...
Last year, I met Montreal Chef Marc-André Royal on Twitter, where his passion for small urban bakeries grabbed my attention. So on a recent trip to Montreal, I visited his bakery; La Bête à pain, as well as his restaurant Le St. Urbain. Marc Andre Royal is a driven...
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