...you go to Beyond Bread. They have their regulars daily, but do specialty breads for holidays and holy days as well as pretzel buns early in the week. Prices are very good also.

Mmmmhh....just thinking about this cafe makes my mouth water. I was introduced to this bakery because I drove by and saw a Stumptown Coffee sign. Which happens to be my favorite and is gaining popularity all over Portland. I pulled in and was blown away. A stylish, warm, modern and wonderful setting along with delicious bread and cool people. Their focaccia is my favorite. Check out the site: http://cremabakery.com/

Next weekend my husband and I are going to England and will be visiting the following counties:

Oxfordshire

Gloucestershire

Shropshire

West Yorkshire

We will also be in London for a day or two.  Does anyone have any bakery recommendations for any of these places?  Thanks in advance.

Summer

Hi I was wondering whether anyone has tried to access Dan's Design Worksheets from page 167 in the book  Bread Baking.  An Internet link to Wiley is provided but it would appear to me that one would have to be a registered teacher to use them.  I guess I could photocopy from the book if need be.  Thanks Bakerincanada

Stopped for a pie and salad today at Luzzo's on 1st Ave. between 12th and 13th.   The bread served as an appetizer was crusty, crunchy and flavorful.   The salads were excellent - best cherry tomatoes I have ever had.    The pizza was great - crunchy, tasty and impossibly thin crust, and a nice tangy tomato sauce with buffalo mozz.   Wife and kids had a plain pie, and I ordered a small with anchovies.   The fish was great, and with just one filet per slice, the flavors were nice and balanced.

The coal fired oven was a kick - we actually saw them shovelling coal into it.  The service was prompt and unexpectedly (for Manhattan) friendly.  The atmosphere was good - a small hole in the wall.    Location very close to the L train made getting there very easy.   After lunch we hopped the L train, changed to the 6 in Union Square and headed down to the Brooklyn Bridge.   Weather was great - rain held off until later in the day.

Not long ago I posted a topic in this forum asking for recommendations of bakeries to visit in Cheyenne and Denver, and the verdict on Cheyenne looked kind of bleak.  Well!  This morning I spent about five hours at The Bread Basket Bakery and Sandwich Shoppe, which is a bakery that my sister frequents in downtown Cheyenne.  A couple of days ago the two of us went in to pick up some of their homemade granola and ended up talking them into letting us observe one of their typical mornings.  It wouldn't have been a big deal for you professional bakers out there but for an amateur like me, it was a serious educational experience...  Plus a lot of fun thanks to owners Duane and Tana Geerdes.

My dad and nephew on the right. 

Hot cross bun dough for Easter.

Duane's cinnamon roll dough.

Rolling it up with filling.

Ready to go into the pan.

Grinding wheat berries for whole wheat flour.

Yes, I probably should've had my hair back but they let me take home everything that I baked!

Very happily taking my somewhat lopsided cinnamon rolls to the oven!

Dough for marble rye loaves to be rolled up later.

English muffin loaves rising after being rolled in corn meal on the left.

Beats the heck out of my Kitchen Aid - too bad the bowl would never fit in my sink!

Tomorrow I hit Denver.....

Summer

Hey All!

Currently, I live in Cyprus (I am here for 2 years- done with the 1st year, one more to go) and I do a lot of home-based artisan baking. I will be visiting Toronto soon with my girlfriend from Michigan. I would love to hear any recommendations regarding good restaurants, pizzerias, bakeries, cookware/baking supplies shops that are in the area...

Thanks,

Hazim

Hi everyone.  I am going to be visiting family in Cheyenne and then Denver during the next 9 days and would love some suggestions of bakeries to visit.  Most of the people in my family are "foodie" types and have lots of plans in the works for places to go for dinner, but not bakeries or pastry shops.  Any help would be appreiciated!  Thanks.

Summer

i was pleased to see Shadeau Bread listed in cincinnati, but i am traveling to sante fe and other points in new mexico, does anyone know of "excellant" places to obtain bread in NM??? I do not want to have to bake in the dutch oven!!!

Hi all,

I'm new a new member but have been using this website and baking bread for over a year. I'm living in Singapore which is a bit of a desert in terms of artisan baking. The wife and I are planning a holiday to the US in April including about 4 days of exploring SF. I'm extremely excited to be visiting such an important baking city. I was wondering if you could recommend a few key bread places for us to visit. Just two or three will be plenty. My wife won't let me distract her from shopping for very long.