The La Brea Bakery Blog: Home For Artisan Breads and More

We like to think we are more than just a bread company. Our passion for artisan goes beyond just baking bread. It is the notion of what baking means to us and where we came from. La Brea Bakery started as a small bakery on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, California in 1989. Some credit us with…

Henk Drakulich, head chef of La Brea Bakery Café, was recently featured in LA Weekly and reminisced about his favorite school lunches. It stirred up some sweet (and not so sweet) memories from our school days. Below, some more of our team share the scoop on their stand outs: Jessica Smith, Brand…

In a recent article, Eater LA credits the growth of the artisan bread movement in Los Angeles to La Brea Bakery, noting “La Brea Bakery started the artisanal bread revolution in the City of Angels back in the late 1980s, and the city has continued to step up its bread game ever since.” It’s true…

Labor Day heralds the official end of summer, white shoes and barbecues. While we’ve never been ones for tired rules, we do love a Labor Day gathering with friends and family to wring out the last days of summer. Panzanella Salad: made with pieces of toasted La Brea Bakery Organic Wheat Loaf and end…

La Brea Bakery Reserve started out as a notion of bringing the farm back to the table. This idea grew and in turn cultivated the development of single origin heirloom Fortuna wheat. From there, La Brea Bakery Reserve was born. Keeping in the spirit of exploration, we wanted to take Fortuna wheat…