Have you ever attended this awesome event? Don’t miss it!
The seventh Asheville Artisan Bread Bakers Festival will be held at Greenlife Grocery this Saturday, April 2, starting at 10 a.m. This isn’t just any old average bread…these bakers know the secrets that coined the term “staff of life”. How are they are able to get that wonderful crumb (the inside of the loaf) surrounded by a nice crunchy crust? There is some serious baker know-how involved, and a lot of this bread is hearth-baked in a wood fired oven. Make a sandwich on one of these loaves, and you’re talking instantly gourmet. Delectable savouries and sweets will be offered too…which usually includes the best croissants ever. Over fifteen local bakeries will be offering tastings, and loaves & baked goods will be for sale. Stock up! Bakers will be manning their tables until 2 p.m.
Simultaneously, from noon to 6 p.m., the Asheville Artisan Bread Fest will be offering hands-on workshops & classes. You can purchase tickets to the classes for $10 (each class) online through NOON of Thursday, March 31, or before and during the Bread Festival. A limited number of tickets will be available free through the bakers when you buy a loaf of bread. Some classes are already sold out! Any profits from the Bread Festival will be donated to Carolina Ground http://kck.st/dRWAuR (NC Organic Bread Flour Project). See http://www.ashevillebreadfestival.com for the class schedule which features hands-on baking classes with Didier Rosada of Uptown Bakers near Washington, DC, Lionel Vatinet of La Farm Bakery in Cary, NC., Mark Rosenstein, local chef & author (sold out), and Emily Buelher (baker & author). Peter Reinhart (baker and author), Joe Lindley (miller), David Bauer (baker), Antoine Guerlain (oven mason), and Jennifer Lapidus (baker & director of the NC Organic Bread Flour Project). This is a fantastic opportunity to learn something from the professionals, and get inspired.
If nothing else, just come buy some bread for supper!
LIST of BAKERS ~
- Annie’s Natural Bakery
- Braken Mountain Bakery
- Bread Technique
- Brother Moon Bakery
- City Bakery
- Hillside Bakery
- Farm and Sparrow
- Flat Rock Village Bakery
- Loaf Child Bakery (no link)
- Riverblaze Bakery
- Stick Boy Bakery
- Tellico Grains Bakery
- Wake Robin Farms
- West End Bakery
- Wildflour Bakery
- Modesto Bakery
- Beuhlah’s Bavarian Pretzels (authentic German pretzels)
I hear that Treska Lindsey may be at Farm & Sparrow’s booth selling her wonderful children’s book, “How Batistine Made Bread”. This book is a must for anyone who delights in fresh-baked bread…or just loves life itself.
