Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Up and Running
The Bread Board Bakery opened it's doors on Memorial Day weekend 2010! It has been 8 amazing weeks of baking, instruction, farmer's markets and building new clientele. Here are a few photos of what is happening!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
It's not a party until someone shows up with a crane...
One of the really cool things about living in Falls City is that no matter what crazy thing you have going on, there's always someone around who has just the thing to make it a little easier. When Keith and John dream, they dream big and in color... So in the dream there are big arbors that stand tall against the west wall of the bakery; arbors made with 8" beams and that stand 12 feet tall. Now, how to translate dream into reality? Enter Jeff Propp and his crane. An immense undertaking to be sure. But with Jeff and a handful of friends, we had ourselves an arbor built in just a few hours. 
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Cruising at High Altitude
Everything is going so well and we feel we are right on track for opening our storefront next month.Mark and Carol (John's folks who drove out from Mo.) have been here for over 3 weeks and just left for home yesterday. What a tremendous turn around we made in that short time. They arrived when the sheet rock had not even been put up yet! They helped us with everything from the wood fence, painting, interior trim work, hard wood floors, frp installation in the kitchen and bath, venting out the attic, cleaning up the grounds, digging out the summertime pati
o just to name a few....Our friend Jackey came in to put the most beautiful finish on the oven. She and Dawn are trying to clean up Keith's paint lines.....this will take some time.
The best news is that we were able to fire the oven 2 days befor
e they left! Mark and Carol lit the first fire to start curing out the oven. We are now on day 4 of curing (drying out the moisture from the mortar and concrete), building small fires each morning and night. We feel this will be a 10 day process before we can really crank it up.All the sinks and espresso machine will be installed today and tomorrow and the electrical will be finished up this week as well.
We are so close! I will let the pics. do the rest.
Keith and John
The Bread Board
Where food, culture and community intersect.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The finish work has begun...
The oven is moving right along. The facing is almost complete. It is taking on a life of it's own. I am amazed by it's size and beauty and the opportunity that lies ahead for us and our community.
There have been plenty of times for me to feel intimidated by it's size. I have never worked with an oven this large. It is going to take my longest bread peel, the handle, plus my 2' arm to reach the back, working quickly to load in 100 loaves of bread, rotating half way through baking and unloading at that perfect moment when the crust is dark, chewy and caramelized. I feel completely confident and secure moving into this relationship with the oven.
Dale reco
mmended using cobblestone to face the oven. I was not crazy about the idea of cobblestones. However, I drove to Salem to buy 1 cobblestone, brought it home for a second opinion and we decided to give it a try. So the next day, I came home with a 1/2 ton of hand selected cobblestone. After seeing it on the fr
ont of the oven, we could not have picked a more beautiful rock. Placed just above the 7' red brick, bullnose shelf, it is a perfect fit.The siding went on the oven today. We also had a counter top delivery for the bread bar/espresso bar. We will offer a full line of delicious coffee and espresso drinks using our Italian made Sorrento, 2 group espresso machine. We will offer coffees, teas, juices and water.
A gentleman stopped by on Friday to see if he could drive the "bread truck" for deliveries. I told him we weren't going to get that big, but perhaps there may be another position available.
The chimney should make its debut out the top of the building this week.
The sheet
rockers began yesterday re-sheet rocking the entire interior about 5,760 sq. ft. of rock. They will finish up today. What a difference it makes covering up all the insulation.The two biggest things that happened this week were that someone gave us a 40qt. Hobart mixer that weighs in at about 800# and stands 5' tall on the floor. 4 of us could barely get it into the truck. It was the heaviest thing I have every lifted in my life. This mixer will be for our pizzas. Our breads are still hand mixed and kneaded.
And secondly, John's folks arrived this week on a moments notice. Drove all the way from Missouri (2150 miles), in three days, to help us finish up the interior work. We are so thankful for their unconditional love and generosity.
We've
also started fencing in the wood lot. We'll need a lot of wood to fire this oven and having it right outside, next to the oven will make it very convenient.The Statesman Journal called this week to follow our story. We will be in touch with them this week.
The Oregonian wrote a little piece on The Bread Board.....
http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2010/03/bread_is_worth_the_trip_to_fal.html
Thank you all for your support in this venture.
Keith and John
The Bread Board
Where Food, Culture and Community Intersect
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