Some people dream about seeing Machu Picchu before they die or writing the Great American Novel. David Radabaugh, a mild-mannered engineer retired from Schlumberger, has set his sights on France's ...

The baguette is the national bread of France (literally — the recipe and cost used to be regulated by the government so everyone could recognize and afford it). Since my trip here is based on ...

Every year, Paris holds a Grand Prix to crown the city’s best baguette – and in recent years, the winners have been bakers whose ‘origins’ are far from France. Stroll through Paris first thing in the ...

How well do you know how to shop for baguettes? There are five giveaways to selecting a well-built loaf, asserts Alison Roman, senior food editor of Bon Appétit magazine. She joins Zachary Golper, ...

Metalsmith Dean Anderson from New York’s Hudson Valley handcrafts sleek, stainless-steel, oblong boxes with a handle that look unassuming but can bake two crispy baguettes with ease. He was first ...

Bread, when done right, is hard to beat. The right baguette or boule, with a crust that cracks and pops, and a crumb (the soft inner portion of the bread) that pulls apart like cotton candy--yeasty ...