The Journal

Notes on
Bread & Craft.

From the bench, the oven, and the grain store.

Stone-milled wholemeal flour heaped on a wooden bench at Archive Bakery
Recent Entries

Four Notes
from the Bench.

Stone-milled wholemeal flour heaped on a wooden bench at Archive Bakery

Craft

Why We Mill Our Own Flour on Fridays

May 2025

Once a week we run a small stone mill in the back of the bakery. Here is why that Friday ritual matters more than any single ingredient.

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A display of freshly baked artisan sourdough loaves at Archive Bakery

Process

The Starter That Has Been Alive Since 2017

April 2025

We feed it every morning before we feed ourselves. Years old, still unpredictable, still the foundation of everything we bake.

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A heritage grain loaf cooling on a wire rack at Archive Bakery

Philosophy

On the Difference Between Good and Honest

March 2025

Good bread is technically correct. Honest bread is something else. We have been thinking about the difference for a long time.

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The stone deck oven at Archive Bakery, door open with loaves inside

Origin

Sourcing Grain: A Visit to Marriages Mill

February 2025

We drove to Essex to meet the people who grow and mill the wheat that goes into our country sourdough. What we found there changed how we think about flour.

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