Bread builds character. (includes recipes and related articles)

From: Restaurants & Institutions | Date: June 15, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

High quality breads can give any restaurant an edge and many fine bakeries stake their reputations on their breads. Bread making is serious business, whether they are freshly baked, parbaked or made from frozen dough. The Corner Bakery, a chain in Chicago, IL, specializes in baking breads from scratch. Kitchen size, staff ability and restaruant volume are things to consider carefully in planning a bakery business.

Nothing touches the soul or captures the imagination like good bread--warm, crusty, fragrant and increasingly marketable.

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