A Conversation About Bread in France, Episode 324

Join Us in France Travel Podcast

Annie Sargent

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Today Annie brings you a conversation with Susan Walter about bread in France, and why bread is such an important piece of French culture and life. We talk a little bit about this history of bread and we agree on many things, including: What’s up with the obsession with finding the “BEST” baguette in France? Grab some toast, let’s talk bread!

Full show notes for this episode are here: https://joinusinfrance.com/324

And, something I didn't mention in the episode and I should have. If you don’t live close to a great bakery, you can buy several loaves, slice them the way you like them, put them in a bag and freeze them. When you need some, take it out of the freezer and pop the slices into the toaster. Baguette freezes really well and will taste fabulous that way.

Book Recommendation: Max Gallo, the Sun of Austerlitz, a good book about Napoleon.

Podcast Recommendation: Un bonbon sur la langue with Muriel Gilbert

My guest on today's episode has a blog called Days on the Claise, a good source of information about a part of France that's rarely discussed.

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Discussed in this episode

Bread in France: it's a staple
A brief history of bread in France
French baguettes aren't as old as you think!
Large Boulangeries in France
Bread vending machines in France
The types of wheat grown in France
Bread preferences in France
Breads you won't find in France
Where is the best bread in Paris?

Categories: France How To, French Culture, French Customs & Lifestyle, French Food & Wine

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0:00.0	This is a join us in France episode the 324.
0:04.4	Bonjou, I'm Annie Sergeant, and today I bring you a conversation with Susan Walking
0:09.9	about bread in France and why bread is such an important piece of French culture and life.
0:16.4	We talk a little bit about the history of bread and we agree on many things, including
0:21.2	what's up with the obsession with finding the best baguette in France.
0:28.7	And something I don't think I mentioned in the episode and I should have, if you don't live close to a great bakery you can buy
0:35.2	several loaves slice them in a way that they'll fit in your toaster and put them in
0:41.6	bag to freeze them. When you need some bread, take it out of the freezer, pop the slices
0:46.6	into the toaster, baguette freezes really well and will taste fabulous that way. If you like what we do here at
0:54.7	join us in France consider supporting us by going to patreon.com
0:58.8	for a slash join us p a t r u, join us in France dot-C-O-T-E-O-N, join us in France, join us in France, and by butique to check out my cookbook, join us at the table, and my Paris tours. Show notes for this episode are on join us in France.com
1:17.2	for a slash the numeral 324 where you can see a recap of what we've discussed as well as link to relevant
1:25.8	resources and please follow addicted to France on Instagram to see bread photos I'll post them this week. The best way to stay in touch with me
1:35.8	and with the podcast is to sign up for the newsletter at join us in France.com
1:40.9	for a slash newsletter and I plan on sending out a new newsletter next week. And the The way. The way.
2:04.0	The way.
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2:06.0	The The And the The And the And the And the And the H- H- H- H- H- H- H- The H- Bonjour Susan and welcome to join us in France.
2:29.0	Hi Annie, it's a real pleasure to talk to you and this should be a fun little session. Yeah, so today we want to talk about bread in France.
2:34.0	That's such a big subject, but let's, you have a big interest of bread from your family origins and because you like to cook and bake?
2:45.0	Yes and because there's very particular traditions in France about bread so it's very
2:50.4	interesting that French bread is well known to be different to everywhere else and there
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