December 31, 2007 - 8:10pm
Bread and Roses, a fantastic French Bakery
If you want to see a fantastic bakery go the site of the French bakery, Bread and Roses. Click on PAIN for bread photos but be sure to check out the other photos of the restaurant, etc. The photos are a great inspiration, I just wish I could read French. Take a look, you won't be sorry. My daughter was there last year. She also visited the famous Poulaine Bakery and took great photos down in the cellar like baking room with the ovens and all. Hope you enjoy Bread and Roses.
http://www.breadandroses.fr/index.html weavershouse
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weavershouse, I went to the web site and noticed they have an English version. Click on the French flag at top right of web page.
I didn't see that at all. weavershouse
My daughter, Carla, said she would put the photos on for me. She has a few more that she might put on. I have to say I made a mistake (Oh, Mom!). She was able to visit the Poilane Bakery because she was with a couple of friends on a small food tour of Paris. Here is the site of the woman who gives the food tours.
http://www.rosajackson.blogspot.com/
Hope you enjoy the photos. Thanks Carla. weavershouse
Weaverhouse, thanks for your posting on Bread and Roses. Also thanks to Sacradesign for the terrific photos of the Poilane bakery. A while back I read that Lionel Poilane, founder of the bakery, was killed in a helicoper accident. His daughter, whose name escapes me, is a Harvard graduate and after finishing at Harvard she took over the business, after his death. As you stated, I also read that he refused to hire bakers trained in the traditional method of French baking because he didn't want bakers who had preconceived ideas about baking; "old habits die hard". Here's a link to the Poilane bakery site.
http://thefertilefig.typepad.com/photos/paris/img_0346.html
Thanks for sharing.
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