GOOD BREAD, like wine, cheese, music... is a simple thing.

The ingredients have been known since time immemorial: wheat (or rye), water salt and leaven. The difficult part is the knowledge and skills required to handle the ingredients. To acquire this knowledge is a lengthy, expensive process, and it is still more of a challenge to make good bread economically within the modern, corporate environment.

The short answer to the problem of good bread is artisanal baking. This is the form of the North Head Bakery, this is our way of making bread.