With some time off from work, I took a class offered by the Bread Bakers Guild of America. Taught by Craig Ponsford, the class was focused on whole grain baking. It was conducted on Zoom and brought in 16 other students, from beginner to more advanced bakers. For me,...
Photo Marc Danton My former bread baking teacher Nick Greco sent an email to inform me of the death of a wonderful baker. Jacques Mahou was an artisianal boulanger from France's Loire region, more specifically the small village of Marray. I wasn't sure...
@guilaume megevand I found French baker Thomas Treffi-Chambelland via Youtube. Besides being a baker, he's a miller, and he has a school in Provence for bread baking. My admiration grew from reading his book,Traité de boulangerie au levain, a classic for anyone...
Two summers ago I met Pierre Ragot at his boulangerie in Marseille. I'd heard of him through our common friend Thierry Delabre. While I tried to speak some French, he joked about my lack of linguistic skill, simultaneously sharing his plans to open...
I met Ugo Perret-gallix on Bro @BreadRevolutionorganization on Facebook, what inspired me was his bread, but also that he's a chef de cuisine too. On top of being a fantastic baker he also is working in Japan in a top end Tokyo restaurant,...
Since putting on a baker's hat at work I've noticed that it's impacted baking at home, namely leading to a smaller size of roll. Maybe it's the demands. At work there's so much hand work focused on the multiple serving batches, with lots of...
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