Crust and crumb: check out locally baked artisan breads with Ruth Gonzalez.
Golden-brown baguettes that beg for butter, seed-studded boules that make your supper sing, foccacia loaded with the season's bounty--each loaf is beautifully crafted to tempt your eyes as well as your appetite. And why not indulge? Our locally baked artisan bread, with its thick crust, hearty flavor and delectable...

V is for vegan cookies.
Just because you're vegan doesn't mean you should be deprived of home-style, yummy-gooey cookies. We taste-tested egg-and dairy-free varieties of traditional favorites, and selected these winners. classic type top vote-getter words of praise Chocolate chip Vegan Sweeties Addictive; I'd eat the Chocolate Chip crumbs; tastes fresh from...

Bread stuff.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. The ancient Egyptians invented ovens to bake bread. Bread became so important to them that loaves were placed in royal tombs for the dead to take to the afterlife. In 1936 an ancient tomb was opened and several loaves were discovered that were 3,500...

Bagels vs. traffic jam.
Doron Taussig's review of my book Who's Your City? chastises me for not helping him figure out whether the "satisfaction of feeling at home in a bagel store outweighs a 50 percent drop in commuting time." What the book says is that I cannot tell him or anyone else...

Good deal.
THE PLACE Sweet Talk Cafe, 2704 Stickney Point Road, Sarasota (in Gateway Center); closed Monday; (941) 923-1467. THE FARE Brazilian deli and bakery goodies, with an emphasis on fresh house-made pastries both sweet and savory. Enjoy the latter with coffee for a change...

Majesco to Offer 'Cake Mania: In The Mix!' for Wii.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-13 May 2008-Majesco to Offer 'Cake Mania: In The Mix!' for Wii(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Majesco Entertainment Company, a provider of video games for the mass market, and Sandlot Games, a developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games, announced Cake Mania: In The Mix!...

Provisional report of Elies Santapau's sprint.
The chronicler--on most accounts extremely meticulous, quite particular when it comes to details about events being described--regrets having to confess that at present he is still unable to establish with irrefutable accuracy the precise hour this story began. That is to say, the exact moment when Elies Santapau bolted...

From this side of the cloister.
It was a house in carrer del Castell. The door was made from salvaged pieces of wood, from an old wagon, maybe. The bits were set vertically and right at the top there was one going across that didn't fit properly. At the bottom, on the left, was the...

Confessions of a French Baker: Breadmaking Secrets, Tips, and Recipes.
Confessions of a French Baker Peter Mayle & Gerard Auzet Alfred A. Knopf c/o Random House 1745 Broadway, 17th floor, New York, NY 10019 140004474X $16.95 www.aaknopf.com Author Peter Mayle shared news of a beloved local Provence...

Dear EarthTalk: how can we get schools to offer healthier and more eco-friendly cafeteria food to our kids? I don't have time to bag a healthy lunch every day.
Now that many schools have stopped selling sodas and other unhealthy vending machine items to their students, improving the nutritional quality of cafeteria food is on the agenda of many parents and school administrators. And luckily for the environment, healthier food usually means greener food. Some forward-thinking...