Food, food culture, food as culture and the cultures that grow our food

Latvian Master Baker

November 17, 2004

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I'm living with Latvians again. This time Emils has brought wife/girlfriend Simone and its cosy as can be. They brought me some highly crafted rye bread from Riga. Normally the loaves are 50cm across, this loaf being a cute mini export version.

The bakery claims to be the 'only bakery in Latvia to have restored the ancestral Latvian national traditions...' I'm going to assume that's a Latvian to English translation glitch on the label.

debra at 10:05 PM November 17, 2004 | post to del.icio.us

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well, is it any good?

posted by kristi at November 18, 2004 06:44 PM

it's sweet and rich and tastes like a cross between dessert and something German and nutritious. there is supposed to be a version with carrots in it and one with fruit and the latvians have made me really curious.

posted by debra at November 18, 2004 09:22 PM

Sounds nice, but I like my ryebread the Finnish way: not sweet.

posted by MA at November 20, 2004 08:13 PM

do you know how to make it the Finnish way too, or just how to buy it the Finnish way?

posted by debra at November 22, 2004 04:13 PM

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