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Operating as usual
It has begun…
Buches are available on our website for Christmas Eve pickup, along with other goodies like pies and rolls. Order through Monday, 12/19. As usual, we’ll have some in store on the 24th, but it will be first-come, first-serve, so to avoid disappointment, do consider ordering ahead!!!
We still have lots of rolls and pies available for walk-ups!
Racks of rolls! These will be cut, shaped, baked, and headed to .foods on Friday! Grab them there and freeze ahead of time for Thanksgiving! We may have some extras in store on Friday; stay tuned.
Yes, our orders for Thanksgiving are live on our website! Click through the link in our bio to get to the shop tab of the website, and click I. The pie photos to access the preorder site. All preorders are for pickup on Wednesday, 11/23 (the day before Thanksgiving), between 7:30am-5pm. We have Pies, Rolls, and a new Weekend Recovery Box on the site, so check it out!
We’ll keep the orders page up through Sunday, 11/20, but you might consider ordering rolls early, as those do tend to sell out the fastest.
Rolls and rolls and rolls. We are making these delicious soft rolls for a new customer, but who would be interested in seeing these at the store from time to time?
Seven years ago (as of Sunday) we opened our doors in Alameda. It’s very much in my nature to forget anniversaries and birthdays, but I didn’t want this one to get too far away from me without acknowledging the hard work that goes into this place every single day by so many people that I hold very dear. There isn’t an easy job in the place - everyone works their butts off, and they have done so under the most unusual of circumstances these past few years.
Some day-glo, homemade plum jam sits atop our ginger scone. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten something so fast in my life - I’m glad I thought to take the picture!
I’m for it, of course!
Thanks, for making this Sunday the best day ever!
And thanks for the beautiful pic!
Who wouldn’t want a pie on a hot day? It’s ice cream’s best friend, no matter what brownies try to tell you.
It’s a beautiful day for a pain au raisin! We’ve hit that weather when an iced or a hot coffee seems equally appropriate, and both go quite well with our flaky pastries 💁🏻♀️
Happy Easter! We do still have a few dozen more pain de mie pull-part rolls left, but we close at three so call or come by soon!
There’s still time to order for Easter! Check out our website for online ordering - we will have cakes, pies, treat boxes, and cream puffs available through the end of today for pre-orders. We’ll also have some extra desserts in-store on Easter Sunday, but best to order ahead if you want a specific something from our Easter menu 😊
When the team is impressed with a cake, you know you’re on the right track!
I’m not going to sit here and say that it’s a good thing that these Hot Cross Buns are only available on weekends from now until Easter, but in the age of same-day delivery, sometimes it is refreshing to be held by the restraints of time and tradition.
Anyway, now you have all the info you need if you want to get your hands on one! I certainly do…
Pictured are Cherry Pies and Chocolate Raspberry Mousse Pies; we will also have Apple Pies and Apple Berry Pies.
Every day is pie day, if you want it to be.
No filter can capture the incandescent beauty of this Caramel Pear Almond Cake (Gateau William, as I dub it for my son and my dad, who are both big fans). It is delicious today, but the crunchy caramel top will soften overnight, so it’s tomorrow’s dream breakfast. Don’t sleep on this - we only made 6, and I am tempted to buy one for myself!
And don’t accuse me of forgetting about Pi Day! A second post to follow in order to show off our selection for this weekend.
Added a few Spinach and Feta this morning!
Tomato and Parmesan “Sariettes” on the menu today! We’re bringing more savory pastries your way, starting with these sunny beauties. Bechamel, cherry tomatoes, scallions, and Parmesan on a palm-sized rectangle of croissant dough - a perfect snack.
Thanks for including us as part of your “best day ever” in Alameda! Any day that starts with a croissant has the potential to be pretty darn good 😉
oh my, gorgeous photos!
Of course, we agree completely!
Thanks SF Chronicle for featuring our bakery as part of a fantastic and delicious day here in Alameda!
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We made minis!
Galette des Rois, a French cake for Epiphany, is a special treat that we don’t always make - but we had several requests this week, so we decided to go for it! Ours has almond cream and candied orange peel sandwiched between two puff pastry discs. I must say, it’s very good!
We have a couple available for sale today, and if you’d like to order one, we will make them all January, so give us a call and place an order.
We’re still taking orders for Christmas Eve, and will do so until next Monday! One of the links on our holidays page was broken, but it’s fixed now, and we still have a pretty good inventory of Buches, Stollen, rolls, and treat boxes!
Every year I bemoan the fact that Stollen are unphotographable. They are, however, extremely edible! We’ll have these in-store over the next few weekends, and still have them available on our online pre-order page.
Buche de Noel (and more) orders are now available for pre-order! Check out our website for Christmas Eve orders!
Pull-apart rolls are … better than even I expected. I love this format! We’ve restocked our inventory for Thanksgiving, but they’re going fast so make sure to order soon to avoid disappointment! Ordering is up on our website until 11/21 for pickup on 11/24.
I’ve tested these, but… maybe we need to do another test, just to be sure…
As hectic as this season is for me, there are few things that give me more joy than the result of all our planning, ordering, and frantic producing for Thanksgiving.
If you’d like to order pies and bread from us this year, we’d be delighted. Our website has the ordering page up, and all pickups are for Wednesday, 11/24. If there’s anything else we can do for you this month, give us a call and we’ll try our darndest!
Something spoooooky!
Brave the rain and come see us! Mention this post and get a free cookie with any purchase! Today only, while supplies last (but we DO have a lot of supplies…)
There is something so satisfying about writing in ganache, and it always amazes me that my chocolate handwriting isn’t anything like my pen-and-paper writing! And I find I am physically incapable of writing my Y’s in any other fashion. Skills and limitations… it’s all there!
Pre-bake. ‘Tis the season, and although it still feels like midsummer, I simply can’t wait any longer! Who’s with me???
We’re back open on Thursday; thank goodness for vaccines, testing, masks, our wonderful people, and most of all, YOU! Everyone has been so kind. We can’t wait to see you again!
I wish I had better news. I will post when we feel confident that we can reopen safely.
Worth celebrating!
Current obsession! It’s things like this that make it all worth it. I know that’s a cliche, but it’s a cliche for a reason, and to see these pastries smiling back at me through the artistic talents of a great kid, oh man. Such joy.
Normally this guy is full of product, but thanks to a twist of fate, we are down to two-thirds freezer capacity! I am so sorry, we won’t have some of our product tomorrow or Friday but rest assured we are working like crazy to make up the deficit for the 4th of July weekend!!!
When life gives you home-grown Santa Rosa plums, you make plum pie! all you Janet and Allan Ahlberg fans know how excited I am right now! Thanks for the bounty!
**reminder that we will be OPEN on Fathers’ Day, and closed the following Tuesday/Wednesday, back open on Thursday, 7/24.
Bear with me for a newsy post!
1. We are delighted that CA is reopening; at this time we are still going to operate out of our windows, mostly due to the fact that we have used our cafe area for overflow storage for a year, and we need to get on that cleanup effort! We will reopen as soon as we are ready.
2. Father’s Day ordering is up on our website! This will be the last time we do our online weekend orders, at least until the holidays are here again!
3. We will have a brief closure on June 22-23, back open on Thursday the 24th. Just a quick breather after a heck of a year!
4. Weddings are happening! We still have capacity for wedding cakes this summer, but are filling up fast, so give us a call.
Never a dull moment at the bakery! Glad the power is back to normal now, but gee whiz.
Ok, this may not have been the worst thing we’ve made...
This Goat Cheese and Tomato Tart started as a huge mistake - a certain baker *ahem* realized that she left the baking powder out of the cheddar scone dough, after scooping two whole batches. Faced with losing the lot, we decided to try to convert it into the world’s most labor-intensive crust! Some oven-roasted tomatoes and tangy goat cheese, along with our quiche batter, yielded this new staff favorite, though let me tell you, this is an extremely limited product! We’ll have a few this weekend and next.
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Alameda, CA
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