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Baking Bread in Lyon

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Portus

Baking Bread in Lyon

A great read from Bill Buford, The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/13/baking-bread-in-lyon

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idaveindy

Thanks.

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albacore

Thanks Joe, I listened to the audio version while cooking dinner tonight - very listenable, albeit  with a touch of sadness in the story.

Lance

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Rick Dooling

I ran across this New Yorker baking article again, and this time I remembered to visit the Fresh Loaf and see if anybody else saw it. Sure enough. Yes, it's a little sad, but it shows how, at least in Lyon, the baker was the central figure in his local food network. Also it suggests that FLOUR makes a huge difference and I'm not sure where I could find the sort of flour Bill Buford writes about here. Especially in NW Montana.

Rick