The La Brea Bakery Café feels like mom’s kitchen. It’s where we go to welcome new team members, celebrate birthdays, host parties, etc.

Most of us don’t have a deck oven, let alone know their magical nuances.  They function quite differently from a home oven as direct heat gets to your food from underneath, vs the top or the side. Ideal for breads. And pizza; lots and lots of pizza.

Anyone can grow wheat. Anyone can grow Fortuna wheat in Montana. Anyone can make bread from single origin Fortuna wheat from Montana.

But, not just anyone would, and that’s the point.

This isn’t a story of dirt and seed. It’s a story of risk.

We don’t need a reason to come up with a fresh array of delicious food ideas, but Father’s Day is around the corner which gives us the perfect excuse to pull out all the stops for the main man in our lives.

Many of the best innovations in history have come from breaking the status quo.

If you fly as much as I do, you start to meet interesting people all across the country.

An open-faced sandwich is essentially an acknowledgement that there is simply too much good stuff inside to be squeezed between two slices of bread. The fork and knife on either side of the plate? Promise of a hearty, full-bodied meal that will command some attention.

Let’s be honest, brunch is having a moment. We’re not above band-wagoning, when it’s for such a good cause. And while we’re divulging simple truths, we’ll admit it’s one of our favorite meals - ever.

Bread pudding is almost too easy when you make as much bread as we do. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get bored with the usual offerings.