Obsessives: Bread

By Meredith Arthur and Eric Slatkin, published on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 / Edit Post

Obsessives: Bread

By Meredith Arthur and Eric Slatkin

Craig Ponsford, founder of Artisan Bakers and chairman of the Bread Bakers Guild of America, discusses the intricacies of kneading, starters, and fresh bread. Plus: the quest for holey bread. And the money question: What, really, does artisan mean?

This is a regular series called Obsessives, in which CHOW explores the worlds of singularly focused food-industry figures. These are the people with the dirty hands, answering detailed questions about the work they do.

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