If you love bread (I do), and even better…if you love baking (I do), this festival is for you. Show up at Greenlife Grocery this Saturday morning, March 20, and you’ll find 14 different bakers (bakeries) crammed into Greenlife for the festival. You will be able to sample amazing breads and meet the bakers, though they will be too busy for an in-depth conversation. It’s super busy and the small space is packed with people.
If you like to bake, here’s the best part:
Farm & Sparrow Bread
When you buy a loaf of bread you can request a ticket to one of the baking classes (free with a purchase from one of the bakers). Classes include Hand Kneading for Beginners, Linking the Farmer, the Miller, & the Baker, Artisan Breads Every Day, Country French Bread, Whole Grain Breads, and 2 Wood-fired Brick Oven Workshops. Teachers include Emily Buelher, Jen Lapidus, Peter Reinhart, Lionel Vatinet, Mark Rosenstein, and David Bauer. These are all great bakers with loads of experience; some are well-known globally for their books on baking! Wow. These classes are held at various locations ~ Greenlife Community Center and A.B. Tech, with directions provided to the wood-fired oven workshops.
If you want to attend a class, here’s the trick: Show up early. To attend a particular class, find a baker who still has tickets available for that class, and buy that bakers bread. Of course, I never make it out of the Bread Festival without at least three wonderful loaves. I do have a freezer!
The Artisan Bread Festival runs from 10 – 2 at Greenlife Grocery on Saturday, March 20. Classes run later. For more information contact Steve Bardwell at 828-683-2902 or wakerobinfarmbreads@main.nc.us. or go to http://www.asapconnections.org/breadschedule2010.pdf.
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