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

La Brea Bakery’s Reserve Featured in the New York Times

Many of the best innovations in history have come from breaking the status quo. Grown in Big Sky Country, Montana, the single origin heirloom wheat in our La Brea Bakery Reserve breads is slicing its own innovative path. The unique study in wheat produces an distinct richness you can taste. La Brea…

Bread and Barcelona

If you fly as much as I do, you start to meet interesting people all across the country. Most of the time the introvert in me comes out and I stay cooped up in my own personal space but every once in a while, you hop on a five hour flight, your TV screen is broken, the internet costs an outrageous…

Brunch at Home: Open-Faced Breakfast Sandwich

An open-faced sandwich is essentially an acknowledgement that there is simply too much good stuff inside to be squeezed between two slices of bread. The fork and knife on either side of the plate? Promise of a hearty, full-bodied meal that will command some attention. Consider this a slow drum roll…

Brunch at Home: Breakfast Sliders

Let’s be honest, brunch is having a moment. We’re not above band-wagoning, when it’s for such a good cause. And while we’re divulging simple truths, we’ll admit it’s one of our favorite meals - ever. Languishing for hours with our favorite people (hopefully outside with a gorgeous view) is pretty…

Applewood Smoked Bacon Bread Pudding

Bread pudding is almost too easy when you make as much bread as we do. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get bored with the usual offerings. One of the biggest bonuses that comes with all this baking is the tinker time in the kitchen. This simple, savory bread pudding is a perfect example of what…

You’ve Never Seen Wheat Like This

Who’s your farmer? Better still, do you know his name? You do now. Meet the Reserve line of breads from La Brea Bakery, breads made with single origin heirloom wheat from Big Sky Country Montana, grown by Dean Folkvord on the land his father took a chance on over 50 years ago. 25 years ago, we…