ABOUT
BREADSMITH
We
love great bread! We specialize in crusty, European-style artisan breads.
We make our breads fresh everyday, the old fashioned way, by hand, from
scratch. We use only the very best all natural ingreidents with no
preservatives, chemicals or hydroginated oils. They bake in our 6 ton
stone-lined steam injected Italian oven. Taking in the aroma of freshly baked
breads is an experience not to be missed!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What time do you start each day?
We begin mixing the doughs around
midnight
each morning, begin baking around
2:30 a.m.
breads come fresh out of the oven until
mid-morning. We come in early so you can choose from the widest possible
selection early in the morning.
What do you do with your unsold
bread?
We donate it to a
variety of local non-profit organizations and shelters who enlist volunteers to
pick it up each day.
Are you part of a chain?
We are a locally
owned and operated
franchise. You
can see at least one of the owners of this husband and wife team (Ginius &
Sabine) almost any time the store.
Do you slice your breads?
All of our breads can be sliced except
dessert breads, sweet breads and our cheese & meat breads. Also, if a bread
is fresh out of the oven, it must cool a while before it can be sliced. It
continues to incorporate for up to a couple hours after it comes out of the oven
and slicing it too early results in a gooey mess. However, they can still be
sold whole. All breads are ready to slice by
11:00 a.m.
Keeping
Your Bread Fresh
Great
bread is made without preservatives. Follow these simple steps to maintain your
bread's
fresh-from-the-oven goodness.
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If
unsliced, keep the bread in a paper bag at room temperature.
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If
sliced, keep in a plastic bag.
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To
warm and re-crisp: place in 350° oven for 10 minutes.
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For best results, we
recommend freezing in a plastic bag after 24 hours (see below).
Freezing
Instructions
Storing your bread in plastic will
soften the crust. To re-crisp, follow directions below.
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Freeze (up to 2 months) in a plastic bag
with the air squeezed out as much as possible.
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Thaw in the unopened plastic bag at room
temperature (bread will reabsorb the ice crystals).
- To warm and re-crisp: remove from the plastic bag and place in a 350°
oven for 10 minutes.