Breadnik

Still cooling on the racks. The flat bread toward the back of the table is not quite a focaccia. It is Tuscan grape harvest bread, schiacciata, which will be a special at tomorrow’s Howe Meadow farmers market.

P.S. Sorry about the quality of the picture. By the time I got done baking it was too dark [...]

What some people would consider adversity, Nika Franchi sees as a stroke of luck.

My crunchy, zesty, garlicky and very flavorful lacto-fermented dill pickles are ready, and I have some extra. Please let me know if you would like to preorder them for pickup at the Howe Meadow Saturday morning market.

This is my newest creation, and I am very proud of it.

I love the story of this bread. My girlfriend lives in San Tropez in Cote d’Azur. About a month ago she bought a loaf of walnut-fig sourdough bread at the local farmers market and fell in love with it. Not being a [...]

I see that I’ve been amiss in updating my site. That’s because I’ve been very busy baking bread and making local seasonal soups for the Howe Meadow Farmers Market and Greenfield Berry Farm CSA (soups are pre-order only).

I’ve also kicked off the food preservation season for my Canned Goods CSA by starting a large container [...]

Dear friends and customers,

When I started my SoupScription in late fall last year, it was designed to be a winter service. Now that the winter is officially over (seems like we’ll have our first 80F day this weekend! YAHOO!), I would like to suspend it until next fall.

If there’s sufficient interest, I will continue bringing [...]

On Monday I unexpectedly received a huge box of beautiful storage cabbages, over 50 lbs of them. Now what does one do with so much nice cabbage? Easy! Pickle or, rather, lacto-ferment it! The resulting live unpasteurized sauerkraut is not only really really tasty but is known to be very beneficial for your health. Full [...]

Monday, Mar. 22:
NO SOUP/BREAD

Wednesday, Mar. 24:
NO SOUP/BREAD

Friday, Mar. 26:
Coconut-Carrot-Parsnip Soup (vegan)
Green Olive-Sweet and Hot Roasted Pepper Bread

To preorder any of the above please click here.

Pickup Information.

As usual, for my planning purposes I would appreciate it if you send in your orders as soon as possible but definitely no later than 3 p.m. the day before the pickup.

Monday, Mar. 15:
NO SOUP/BREAD

Wednesday, Mar. 17:
NO SOUP/BREAD

Saturday, Mar. 20:
Winter market at Happy Days Lodge
Vegetable Curry (vegan)

To preorder the soup please click here.

I hope to see you all at the market.

Monday, Mar. 8:
NO SOUP/BREAD

Wednesday, Mar. 10:
Broccoli-Cheddar Soup
Baguette

Friday, Mar. 12:
Asian Miso-Vegetable Soup
Country Mulrigrain Bread

To preorder any of the above please click here.

Pickup Information.

As usual, for my planning purposes I would appreciate it if you send in your orders as soon as possible but definitely no later than 3 p.m. the day before the pickup.