19. A Slice of Europe in Santa Rosa with Najine of Goguette Bread
Whiskey and Lace
Erika Altes
2.5 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode has all the right flavors. Erika is joined by Najine of Goguette Bread. Together, they have a bubbly conversation about the differences in culture, food, and lifestyle in Europe and America. Najine shares her story, from her multicultural childhood to immigrating to America and founding a French-American Charter School AND a bakery with her husband in Sonoma County. You'll hear the story behind Goguette Bread, why their bread has lines out the door, and the importance of community.
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In this episode, we cover the following:
- Najine's multicultural upbringing
- Immigrating to the United States and moving to Sonoma County
- Experiencing several miscarriages and her pregnancy story
- What keeps her positive
- Challenges moving to the United States
- Being a dietician and health differences between America and Europe
- Co-founding the S.R. French-American Charter School
- Starting Goguette Bread with her husband
- What makes the flour in Europe easier to digest for people with gluten sensitivities
- The tradition of French sourdough and how to keep starters alive
- Where they came up with the name Goguette
- Lessons she has learned along the way in her entrepreneurial journey
- Embracing the pause and a slower life
- Erika's upcoming trip to Europe
- Najine's favorite deli sandwich
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Guest info:
Najine Shariat is the co-owner of Goguette Bread in Santa Rosa. Skip the lines and order ahead here!
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| 0:00.0 | Are you someone who doesn't take life too seriously? Do you sometimes find that a shot of whiskey |
| 0:08.1 | isn't only deserved but needed? If you said yes to either of those, welcome to the Whiskey and Lace |
| 0:13.2 | podcast, where we have honest chats with everyday people, shit shows, and all. I'm your host, Erica |
| 0:18.9 | Altus, and I'm here to empower you to be the best version of |
| 0:22.1 | yourself and perhaps share in a shot of whiskey. Now pour yourself a glass of wine and let's go. |
| 0:30.1 | Hello, or shall I say, bonjour, everyone and welcome back to another episode of the Whiskey and Lace |
| 0:35.6 | podcast. I'm so excited about today's |
| 0:38.6 | guest. This woman was born in Iran, but left at a young age and grew up mainly in France. |
| 0:43.6 | She also lived in many European countries due to her dad's job as a chemical engineer. Portugal, |
| 0:48.2 | Germany, and Belgium are the main country she stayed in, but she always did her schooling through |
| 0:52.0 | the French system. She and her husband have |
| 0:54.4 | been married for 28 years and they have one daughter together. They moved to Sonoma County in |
| 0:59.0 | 1996 and went back and forth between here and Europe. But boy, have her and her husband been |
| 1:03.6 | busy while they were living here in the States. Her husband is an electrical engineer with an |
| 1:08.1 | MBA and she is a dietitian slash nutritionist. She had eight clinics |
| 1:12.7 | in Marin and Sonoma and saw patients from OB to oncology and diabetes through her career. Her and her |
| 1:18.6 | husband not only founded the French American Charter School on Sonoma Avenue, but her husband |
| 1:22.9 | also thought it would be a great retirement project, and together they opened the local favorite |
| 1:27.3 | bakery Go Get seven years ago, and now they employ eight people. I can't wait to learn so much |
| 1:32.6 | more about this guest, this ray of sunshine, and someone our community is better off because of |
| 1:36.9 | introducing my friend Neijin. Hi, Neijin. Hello, thank you for having me. Thank you for being |
| 1:43.0 | here. You sent me so much information about |
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