The Story Behind the Bay Area's Favorite Sandwich Bread

Bay Curious

KQED

Places & Travel, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Dutch Crunch is a common find at Bay Area sandwich shops, but get 10 miles outside of the Bay and that option disappears. Jonathan Hillis and Lauren Alexander sent this question to the Bay Curious team: “Where does Dutch Crunch bread come from? How does everyone know about San Francisco sourdough, but not about the Bay Area’s best bread?” Reporter Amanda Font took on the task to bring us the goods. Additional Reading: Dutch Crunch: A Bay Area Favorite, But Not a Bay Area Original Reported by Amanda Font. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey, and Vinnee Tong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:05.0	Today I want you to meet a couple of sandwich lovers.
0:08.0	The sandwiches are kind of a big part of the culture of my family.
0:12.0	That's Lauren Alexander.
0:13.4	She and her fiance, Jonathan Hillis,
0:15.3	love ordering those sandwiches on a specific type of bread,
0:19.9	Dutch crunch.
0:21.9	It's like crispy and crackly on the outside.
0:25.4	And kind of a soft and slightly sweet white bread on the inside.
0:31.1	Now here's the thing about their now favorite bread. Neither Jonathan
0:35.2	or Lauren had even heard of Dutch crunch until they moved to the Bay Area.
0:39.3	And when I tried it I was like wow this is the best sandwich bread I've ever had.
0:44.6	So they came to be curious with this very important question.
0:48.4	So we want to know where does Dutch crunch bread come from?
0:52.6	And why is it seemingly only available in the Bay Area?
0:56.0	Move over sourdough.
0:57.4	Today, Bakurious is bringing you a story
0:59.6	we first aired in 2019.
1:02.0	We'll take a bite of Dutch Grunch.
1:06.0	Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company,
1:10.0	still family owned, operated, and argued over.
1:14.0	Explore their brews wherever fine beverages are sold,
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