"Will you be home Tuesday?" Nina asked me. "I only leave to take walks," I answered affirmatively. "Ok good. I'm sending you something. It's perishable. Be on the lookout!" This was an intriguing directive. What could it be?
My first recap of our Asheville trip focused on the divine trifecta of biscuits, chocolate & champagne, but this recap follows our wanderings on Haywood Road, in West Asheville, where I could easily see myself living if for nothing more than to make OWL Bakery (Old World Levain Bakery) a regular morning stop.
January 2014 When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch. When…
January 2012 Once again, thank the bon Dieu for La Gourmandine's presence in Pittsburgh and their adherence to tradition. January 6th began with my youngest coworker under the kitchen table…
May 2010 For months the bossman had been listing the reasons why I should have been living in NYC and lamenting the reasons why he was in Pittsburgh. Reason #…
June 2009 In between baking shifts, early, early, early morning shifts filling wholesale orders and running the retail side of the bakery, my boss at Allegro Hearth Bakery asked if…
December 2008 I was sick of the ever growing number of people telling me how much I would love San Francisco, so I went. I went via a plane trip,…
I've mentioned it here and there, but Paris is worth a more significant stroll down memory lane. I spent six months there in 2008 and a few other short visits,…