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Sourdough and pastry, yeasted specialty breads and a little bit of awkward charm, baking for the Carlton County Farmers Market, Duluth Farmers Market, special events and by preorder for our email list.

06/18/2026

Grab a treat for your dad for early Father's Day at the bakery, or even better, bring him with! Open 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday in Esko.

06/17/2026

Ten special ladies work every day to bring you fresh breads and pastries. You probably haven't seen them, and they don't work for pay and even work in all weathers.

These are our hens.

They celebrated their first birthday this month and have been providing our home and, more importantly, our bakery with fresh eggs since the fall.

We use these eggs in our cardamom bread, scones, pastry cream, frangipane, other fillings, and for egg washing croissants before they're baked.

Our hens live a very delightful life. They are well-protected by Rose the Rooster, enjoy compost scraps in abundance, and are frequently rotated to fresh grass.

In return, they provide delicious eggs, full of flavor and a beautiful deep yellow yolk (this color really shines through in the vanilla pastry cream in our cruffins).

We are thankful for their work and their dedication, and we hope you are, too.

06/12/2026

The croissant jiggle - well-proofed croissants wobble just so to let you know they're ready to go in the oven.

These are the beginning of our almond rhubarb croissants. Today they get baked as a plain, butter croissant.

Tomorrow morning, we'll cut them open, brush them with simple syrup and fill them with our from-scratch frangipane and rhubarb jam.

Topped with more simple syrup and almonds, they'll go back into the oven for a second bake.

We'll have our Almond Rhubarb Croissants all month at
- the Carlton County Farmers Market, Saturdays 9 am to noon, and
- the bakery in Esko, Saturdays 9 am to noon.

06/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday! What a kick-off to the farmers market season!

We absolutely loaded the Breadmobile to the gills and you SHOWED UP.

Due to your HUGE love of bread and pastries, we'll be moving spots for the remainder of the season to accomodate the line 😳

You'll now find us in the opposite row, just kitty-corner from our old spot. We'll now be next to Tom, woodworking and leathermaker extraordinaire.

As always, just look for our large green van and Stephen's crazy hair 😅

06/05/2026

Just restocked Cloquet Natural Foods - the ONLY place to find our breads and pastries on Fridays!

Meadowlands Sourdough, Cranberry Wild Rice, Cardamom Morning Buns and Pain au Chocolate are waiting for you to take them home 😋

06/04/2026

Saturday is looking to be a beautifully sunny day - not too hot, but summery warm. Hopefully some rain comes tonight and tomorrow, so we can enjoy the sunshine even more.

We always look forward to the beginning of market season. It marks the beginning of summer, sunshine, and days spent in the garden and playing at the park with the kids.

We also get to see our faithful market customers again, which always feels a bit like seeing a friend who moved away and came back.

And we love the atmosphere of the market - the relaxed Saturday morning spirit of people leisurely shopping, maybe meeting up with a friend to peruse the booths together or a family going out together after a long week.

It brings people together - friends who haven't seen each other in years, long-lost or unknown relatives meet. Last summer, I, personally, reunited with a cousin at the market (Cousin Bill, are you reading this?!) that I hadn't seen in years.

And, of course, the market contains all sorts of wonderful treasurers - local vegetables, homemade jams, jellies, pickles, handmade soaps, woodcrafts, fudge, treats, and breads and pastries.

We know you're planning on coming, so we're planning on bringing a lot (please don't disappoint and make us leave with what we came with!). This first week, we'll have a pretty extensive market menu so you can get all your favorites (Goldilocks' Porridge lovers - we'll have it this week!).

We'll even have both Cruffins and Almond Rhubarb Croissants.

So come on by, grab a pastry (or two, we won't tell), meet a friend, and say hi.

🌼The first day of the Carlton County Farmers Market in Cloquet is this Saturday, June 6 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Premier Theatres parking lot. 🌼

🥐Please note that although the market allows early bird sales, to enable us to be able to set-up fully (and reduce our potential for being frazzled), we take sales no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Thank you for understanding!

05/29/2026

This Saturday at the bakery, we'll have our Cofffee Cake Croissants back again! These mini pull-apart coffee cakes are made with our croissant dough tossed in brown sugar and cinnamon and topped with streusel. Perfect for your Saturday morning coffee.

This is probably their last week for awhile, so stop by while you can.

We'll also be joined by Gail Olson of Hay Creek Hill Century Farm, who will be selling her renowned lettuce. Sweet and tender, Gail's lettuce is delicious, and I'm looking forward to having her join us this Saturday at the bakery for a little sneak peek of what she'll have at the market.

Open Saturday, 9 a.m. to Noon

05/23/2026

New today! Coffee Cake Croissants - a struesel topping on a pull-apart croissant - are perfect on this rainy day. Grab one or a loaf of bread to eat with soup. We're open until noon today.

05/22/2026

I think that bread is beautiful. I love the way it expands and browns in the oven, the way the score creates an ear on the bread, the way that the dusting flour lingers on the crust.

I love pretty things. I am a happier person when the environment around me is beautiful, rich in color and textures, visually interesting but not overwhelming.

The next step in making our bakery a destination in our neighborhood is to add those final touches that we weren't able to do over the winter - landscaping, beautiful signs, interior decorating, the details.

Since the bakery was a new building, we planted some grass this spring in the dirt directly around the bakery to control erosion, and I hope to add in a clover mix soon, too, for the pollinators.

I've also been dreaming about the front of the bakery and what perennials to plant to have blooms from early spring through fall. Facebook Marketplace and I have been bosom friends for many years, and I've turned to it again recently in search of the perfect bistro table or swinging bench for you to stop for a minute, savor a pastry and enjoy the beauty of the flowers.

Inside the bakery, you may have noticed some new artwork on the walls - two prints I found while garage saleing in the cities. They were owned by a woman - Mrs. Cromwell - who worked at General Mills/Gold Medal Flour for 35 years and ran their gift shop for many of those years. She has been retired for many years now and was selling her framed prints from that time.

They are gorgeous and were just the thing that I've been looking for. It feels very special to have this piece of flour history.

Some people may think that I should have had the walls decorated and the flowers planted before we opened - more welcoming, more put together, more professional - but I didn't want to rush it. I knew that the right artwork and the right landscaping would take time.

I wanted it to feel homey, cozy, and unique. And that atmosphere can't be created in a day with a couple purchases at big box stores.

So it's taking some time, but I promise that it'll look great when it's done.

See you tomorrow, Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon!

05/14/2026

We're open both Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., this week in honor of the Esko Neighborhood Garage Sales!

Because garage saleing makes you hungry.

And carbs are the perfect fuel to get you through a long day of searching for the perfect $0.50 find.

Stop on by and grab a pastry or a loaf of bread to snack on while you hunt for a good deal.

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Esko, MN

Opening Hours

9am - 12pm

Website

http://www.breadinthemeadow.com/

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