Baguettes. Can you name a more quintessential French food? The recipe is quite simple. You just need flour, water, yeast, and salt. Yet, here in France, it's not just any loaf of bread that ...

There's nothing like fresh loaves of thick, crusty country French bread and crackling ... When the bread is brown and hollow-sounding, remove it from the oven and let cool 1 hour before slicing. For ...

As traditional as it may seem, a French baguette is actually a pretty modern form of bread, and its essential components didn't exist until long after sourdough had been made for centuries.

The French baguette ... tale is that Napoleon ordered bread to be made in thin sticks that could be more easily carried by soldiers. Another links baguettes to the construction of the ...

ERIC PAUL ZAMORA [email protected] French-inspired bakery chain Paris Baguette is opening its first ... The smoked sausage bread, meanwhile, features a cream bun filled with smoked sausage ...