Bruschette

Let’s face it; a baguette is perfect bread. Where I grew up, baguettes really did not exist, but delicious sourdough loafs did. The great Venetian bakery in San Francisco (sadly defunct) made heroic breads, and now Acme (Steve Sullivan’s magical bakery) carries on the tradition. There are some fabulous baguettes in the United States: Tartine, Gjusta, Le Pain Quotidian, and others. There are some par-baked products that are pretty damned good, but the best baguettes are in France. Maybe it is the air, the water, the flour, or the ovens; whatever it is, a baguette in Paris is a very desirable commodity.