My friend Alessandro Spoto from Voglio di Pane in Torino sent twelve loaves of bread to Beatrice Ughi of Gustiamo. Beatrice sent me a message to come to pick up a loaf at the Fancy Food Show at Jacob Javitz center. Alessandro uses flour from...
Rick Easton of Bread and Salty Bakery just had a pop-up at Bruno Pizza. Joined by my pizzaiolo friend,Domenico, we visited to see and talk. Rick had been at it since early in the morning. Turned out his flour was not as extensible as he'd wanted, so he...
I met Egoitz Fernandez (Fagus) at the pop up started by Dan Lepard and Iban Yarra in Donostia (San Sebastian) Spain. My first memory of this handsome Basque was of someone very quiet and intently focused on tending the oven, totally attentive to the craft....
I first was introduced to baker Ben Rogers by Vincent Talleu. The two of them had baked together in England. Since then I have enjoyed the fantastic videos of this talented former cook who now focuses all his passion on bread. I'm happy to...
I met baker Louis Lamour through Facebook’s “Universal Bread” page. He has an interesting background, coming to the food world after first spending years in finance. Watching his baking videos, I tried them with great success, and decided...
