Yet Another Summer Soup Not To Be Missed

          So...it's 12:15 PM and my shop is already hot.  I don't have AC in my woodworking studio.   I figure I'll walk over to the bakery and, if I'm lucky, Michael will have made some chilled watermelon, cucumber gazpacho soup and I'll have that for lunch.  It will cool me off, is light to eat on a hot day and it will help me make it through what's sure to be a hot afternoon.    I scan the menu board and there it is...watermelon gazpacho but wait...what's this other new soup?  Cold cantaloupe soup with strawberry garnish...hmmm, I'm not the biggest fan of cantaloupe but I ask if I can try a sample and ... oh my... I have to have this!!!  But I want the watermelon also...what to do?

          It took me about 2 seconds to figure that out...a cup of gazpacho with a slice of Doug's miche for lunch and a cup of the cantaloupe for dessert (no bread... it's dessert.)   

          It's supposed to be near 100 degrees tomorrow with a heat index of 110.  Try the cantaloupe, you won't be sorry...just leave me some if you can.

           Lastly, a tip of the hat to the late Nora Ephron who passed away this week.  When asked, in a 2006 "Fresh Air" interview, what was her sense was of what the next 20 years would be like, responded, " the next 20 years?  This is a crap shoot, this is a lottery...so I feel...I don't think about the next 20 years.  I think about today and I've already been to a bakery this morning.  This is the thing that I'm obsessed with...carbohydrates.  I feel like I'm now living in an age where there is the best bread that we've ever had in the history of the world..."  

           ...a woman after my own heart...rest in peace, Nora.  

Outrageously Wonderful

      Be on the look out for a wonderful soup that pastry chef and soup guru Michael Wessel unveiled late last week...Watermelon, cucumber gazpacho soup.  Okay, now that I've said it...think about that for a moment...sweet and soft, tangy and firm, smooth and spicy...all cool and all at once...heaven on a hot day.  What could be better...oh yes, a slice of Doug's miche along side.
      And yes, the cup was full when I first took out the camera to photograph the soup...the benefits of blogging!

NEWS FLASH!!!   Wednesday 8:30 AM  As I write this Michael is preparing more Watermelon, Cucumber , Gazpacho Soup...cool yourself on a hot day...you'll be glad you did!  It will be ready later this morning.  

And the Wall Came Tumbling Down...sort of

Finally, after months of preparation, demolition and construction the wall between the bakery and the shop next door came down this past Sunday.  It started with a small opening - above - ...that's Rob Comfort (the bit of red peaking through the hole) in the other room.  Helping him, in blue, is Rob Hearn.   I thought that perhaps we could duct tape a hard hat to Doug's head, pick him up by his arms and legs, use him as a battering ram and knock down the wall.  It would have made a great photo but alas it was not to be.

It may not be Joshua at Jerico but for those of us awaiting the next adventure to come at the Bakery...a milestone to be remembered.
Here's the video:

  That long cabinet with the maple counter that you can see in the new space has some history to it.  It was part of one of the lanes of an old bowling alley in Baltimore.  It's a place where Babe Ruth bowled...thanks to Alex Castro we have a small piece of Baltimore history here at the Bakery.