Thursday, January 10, 2008

On The Seventh Day God Created Bakeries




There are bakeries and then there are one of a kind, colorful, incredibly well crafted, wait in line for half an hour to get your morning bun fix bakeries. I’ve always been a fan of baked goods, but a year in a nearly breadless culture really has me appreciating the art of baking and eating buttermilk scones, lemon meringue cake, croissants and seasonal fruit bread pudding. Tartine has been my favorite bakery ever since we started visiting our friend Mike down in San Francisco. It's the best. And lucky me, not only did Chronicle Books just publish their first cookbook, but my sweeter than a frangipane tart husband picked it up for me a couple days ago during our trip to SF.