The Balthazar bakery is located in Englewood, New Jersey. It’s 10 miles from midtown Manhattan, and 13 miles from its original home in a basement underneath the Balthazar bistro on Spring Street. Today they are one of the largest artisanal bakeries in New York, if not the United States, supplying hundreds of restaurants and cafes, as well as supermarkets throughout NYC. As A.J. Liebling would have said, they are better than anyone bigger, and bigger than anyone better. Paula Oland and B. Young, the head bakers, have been with the bakery since 1997 and 2000 respectively. I spoke to them about the role of machines in an artisan profession, carbohydrates at breakfast, and buying flour by the tanker-load.
Bigger than anyone better
Bigger than anyone better
Bigger than anyone better
The Balthazar bakery is located in Englewood, New Jersey. It’s 10 miles from midtown Manhattan, and 13 miles from its original home in a basement underneath the Balthazar bistro on Spring Street. Today they are one of the largest artisanal bakeries in New York, if not the United States, supplying hundreds of restaurants and cafes, as well as supermarkets throughout NYC. As A.J. Liebling would have said, they are better than anyone bigger, and bigger than anyone better. Paula Oland and B. Young, the head bakers, have been with the bakery since 1997 and 2000 respectively. I spoke to them about the role of machines in an artisan profession, carbohydrates at breakfast, and buying flour by the tanker-load.