Tang & Sass

06/02/2026

My bakery horror stories. Let's break it down:

1. Running out of flour mid bake...ugh. It doesnt happen often, maybe 3-4 times a year. But when it does happen, it is such a time suck when I miscalculate ingredients in house vs what we need for the bake. I have to procur ingredients quickly without neglecting what's in process. If we can wait for a delivery and produce the next day, great, but sometimes thats not possible.

2. Wearing the wrong shoes for a 14 hour shift. Even if I wear the super cool compression socks...the whole body hurts. 🫩

3. Power outages. On baking days it sets us behind. But it also causes high anxiety, because EVERY BAKER relies heavily on the freezer. I keep all kinds of ingredients on hand in the freezer. Stock up on summer fruits and freeze so I have a hint of summer throughout the year. We also have certain things that can hang out in the freezer, like pie dough, cookie dough, various fillings that we make in bulk and store to save time. If the power goes down and isn't coming back up before the freezer starts defrosting....we have to find another freezer to move everything pronto.

4. Dough hands and door handles, sink handles, oven handles.....it is my Number 1 kitchen ick. I cannot stand schmudge on handles anywhere, ever. It's not even the germs....its the feeling of it.

5. Is this gluten free? If it came out of our bakery (or any gluten bakery that does a moderate level of volume) consider it cross contaminated. Fun fact 1: it takes flour particles 3 days to settle out if the air once you stop production. And I promise you on day 3 of no production you will walk into a dusting of flour on everything and have to deep clean and sanitize again before you can think of baking gluten free. Fun fact 2: Chef Tanya's sister has suffered from gluten issues for well over 25 years. As a result she knows how to make some pretty good gluten free baked goods(and has for her sister) and even taught gluten free baking courses over the years...but we stay away from it in the bakery, because we never want to take chances with someone's health like that.

05/29/2026

So we did a thing....its a blueberry pie cookie. And it started out as a way to not trash a blueberry pie failure. If you know me, you know I have two main kitchen philosophies. 1) don't kill the people (IYKYK) and 2) let's figure out how to rescue and repurpose a failure.

I was not expecting to love this cookie....I was completely surprised.

Its not too sweet, and has crispy buttery pie crust with a touch of salt. The pie filling has big ole local blueberries bursting with flavor. We added Orelys chopped bits, a perfect chocolate pairing for this cookie.

We've been watching the whole viral toast and jam cookie across the pond and all I can say is this pie cookie.....might just be the American version. And full transparency....I haven't had a cookie that made me feel this much joy in a long time.

We'll have them in shop and at the market this weekend. Let us know what you think and if we should botch some more pie to do another round of these.

05/28/2026

Every Saturday morning from 9-1. We have a smattering of fresh bagels, biscuits and morning buns. Flavors change weekly depending on what we get fresh and local and basically what our hungry hearts want to eat that week.

Come check us out and discover Belmont's hidden bakery gem.

05/28/2026

Look forward to seeing you this weekend. Stop by the Bread Studio or the or both! We love seeing you walk away with our fresh baked goodness!

05/28/2026

Two opportunities to get your gluten fix. Saturday mornings for bagels, biscuits and buns or Sunday in the park.

Saturdays we focus on brunch and treats and have some breads ready first thing in the morning. Sundays we bring a volume of loaf varieties, bagels and some brunch/treat items.

The preorder for Saturday mornings is how you make sure to get exactly what you want! We take preorders u til Friday morning.

05/25/2026

05/24/2026

It might be raining for our market this morning. Don't let that discourage you from showing up for your local farmers market. We'll see you in the park with all your favorites!

05/22/2026

We're baking up some specials this weekend for your holiday cook-outs or cook-ins, whatever the case may be. Limited quantities of our specials between Saturday and Sunday.

Don't worry, we'll still have your favorite sourdough loaves and bagels this weekend.

Rain hits small businesses a little harder than your big box stores, especially if they use outdoor markets to make their sales. So pack an umbrella and hit your local shops and markets this weekend!

See you soon!