Crust Baking - Alameda

I have been subscribing to Crust Baking since it began back in 2016, which makes me very lucky indeed. Absolutely delicious European-style bread baked in an oven in Hugh Morgan's backyard and available every other week on his front porch, and at a decent price. How wonderful is that?! My favorites are the sinfully delicious chocolate-chili brioche, which I treat like dessert and eat barely heated from my toaster, and the German rye, which demands a trip to the fish market for smoked salmon. And of course Hugh's basic sourdough loaf which cries out to be toasted and buttered and consumed! What a treat to have this amazing bakery just down the street here in Alameda.

Crust Baking is absolutely the place to get Great Homemade Bread! Every loaf comes out with great taste and texture. You won't want to buy your bread from anywhere else!!!

My family has enjoyed devouring the bread from Crust Baking. Each loaf has been a fun, foodie discovery and my kids fight to come with me to pick up the bread. (It's generally half finished by the time we make it home! Thanks again, Hugh, for the delicious, lovingly made treat. We always look forward to the pick up day. During the pandemic, Hugh wears non-latex gloves and a face mask when handling the loaves.

Boy do I feel lucky to be in-the-know about Crust baking! Every other week, I receive a message about the fresh-baked loaves sitting on Hugh's porch ready for pick-up. I swing by, pick up my loaf and daydream about how I'll enjoy it when I get home. Sometimes I make French toast with it, other times I eat it with butter and jam; in any form, it always exceeds my expectations. Anyone who loves sourdough will enjoy this subscription; the subscription makes a good gift too!

I feel so pampered and European when I get my fresh baked bread from Crust! No grocery shopping or ordinary bread for me any more. My kids love getting the bread. We open it right from the bag and dig in- sometimes most of it makes it home and often I slice it and freeze it to use throughout the week or later. Crust makes flavors too. If chocolate with chile is your jam this is the place for you. My favorites are the brioche and pure sourdough loafs. The other options (raisen/walnut, ey are a delight. A great way to treat yourself and family to organic, fresh, neighborhood goodness. Digging into my new loaf. 3/9/19 The crust crinkles when I rip into the loaf, like an Oscar winning audio engineer has designed it. It crunches perfectly in the mouth. Not dry or sharp. The inside is soft and moist. The flavors or true bread paradise. My two kids and I always dig in while in the car. When it's warm. Still I want to get it home and smother with jam. Today's loaf was a ground wheat sourdough I think. I wish I had ten and could freeze. 10/12/19. OUR BAKER IS BACK!! and with all the usual grandeur. Half our sourdough loaf is already gone. It's glorious. Puts all other breads to shame. Nom nom nom. One forgets how great a loaf of bread can be.