Happy Mondays, everyone. Just a quickie this morning to say that I’ll be sharing an excerpt to from Darra Goldstein’s wonderful book on Russian food, The Kingdom of Rye, this Wednesday, and that I will be taking Friday off from the Bread Basket to recover from the day before’s expected overindulgence.
And also to say that I got to visit my friend Barak Olins at his amazing brand-new bakery in Portland, Maine yesterday and left it super inspired. Also a little envious—I rarely think I want to own a bakery of my own, but his tiny, all-in-one-room, just-down-the-street-from-home shop is exactly the sort of bread baking fiefdom I’d want if I did. The shop was closed at the time, so expect more photos and intel after I make a return visit during business hours.
—Andrew
I did not expect to open this and read about a new bakery right near me! That's awesome and exciting.
I live near the Portland area and was looking forward to checking out your friend’s website. Unfortunately, my Norton security flags it as an “unsafe” website. That’s never happened before, so I’m paying attention. You may want to pass the “unsafe” Norton rating along to your friend. So, as it stands, I won’t be checking him out due to the security rating.