Kitchen Confidential

A Morning Making Bread at Focaccia Sandwich + Bakery Brought Me Back to My Restaurant Roots

It had been years since I worked an early shift in a restaurant kitchen, but when the owners of the new Focaccia Sandwich + Bakery offered me a morning of baking, I couldn't resist.

02/02/2024 By Lauren Jackson

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Where to Find Exceptional Breads, Pastries and Sweets Locally

Whether you’re in the mood for warm, pillowy bread, flaky pastries or creamy, chilled desserts, the Sarasota area is home to serious bakers who aim to please.

11/29/2023 By Lauren Jackson

Bread and Butter

Bread Bandits Is Serving Seriously Good Sourdough at Its New Sarasota Bakery

Business partners Jules Thuet and Brad Rutledge know a thing or two about bread.

09/08/2023 By Lauren Jackson

Knead to Know

Artisan Cheese Company Is Baking Bread Now and It's Wonderful

At the Sarasota cheese shop, "bread and cheese go hand in hand."

05/25/2022 By Lauren Jackson

It's beginning to smell a lot like Christmas

I Tried My Hand at Making Swedish Braid Bread, My Family's Favorite Holiday Treat

Enjoying this dense, cardamom-flavored bread is an annual tradition in my family. It can be in yours, too.

12/10/2021 By Allison Forsyth

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L'Ôpera Is Your South Sarasota Destination for Great French Pastries and Bread

Live near Gulf Gate? You might want to make a stop-in at L'Ôpera Bakery Bistrôt part of your regular morning routine.

02/19/2021 By Cooper Levey-Baker

WEEKLY PLANNER

Afternoon Tea, Berry Festivals and other Local Dining Events

Including Brunch for the Bay, a workshop on baking breads and a social hosted by the Home Brewers Association of Manatee Sarasota.

02/27/2019 Photography by Giulia Heyward

Eat This Now

Where and What to Eat This Week - 2/15/17

This week: homemade pretzels, whole fish, noodle bowls and more.

02/15/2017 By Eat Beat Team

Eat This Now

Where and What to Eat This Week - 1/25/17

Pineapple jam, egg creams and crazy-good pasta round out this week's list of the best things of our food editors' current faves.

01/25/2017 By Eat Beat Team

Flour Power

Bradenton's Flowers Baking Co. Produces Almost 2 Million Pounds of Bread Each Week

The bakery also goes through almost 59 million pounds of white and wheat flour each year.

08/31/2016 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Review

Urbanite Theatre Presents a Touching Breadcrumbs

The two-actor play by Jennifer Haley enters the frightening world of memory loss.

08/18/2016 By Kay Kipling

Food

Panera to Do Away with Artificial Ingredients

Panera Bread recently announced that it will do away with all remaining artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, artificial preservatives and colors from artificial sources in its Panera at Home products.

06/17/2016 Research by staff

Preview

Urbanite Theatre Announces Second Season

After a strong first-year outing, the downtown theater company returns with five regional premieres.

05/17/2016 By Kay Kipling

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The Best Bread Baskets in Town

Food and wine editor Marsha Fottler shares her picks for the best bread baskets in town. Did yours make the list?

03/11/2016 By Marsha Fottler