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9 bake from scratch

WITH THE RETURN OF FARMERS’ MARKETS AND PEAK

SUMMER PRODUCE IN STORES, I have one thought: bring on the

berries, the stone fruits, and all of the rich, ripe tomatoes!

I’ve got big plans for said tomatoes: popping them into our Upside-Down Heirloom

Tomato Cornbread (page 40). And the berries? They’re gracing the blueberry-packed and

custard-fi lled Gâteau Basque Loaf (page 78), just one of the many ways we’re branching

out with the 9x5-inch loaf pan. Bananas also get their due with our banana baking

bonanza starting on page 87. I’m eyeing our Peanut Butter-Banana Braid—because it has

peanut butter, obviously. And don’t miss our collection of butter pecan recipes starting

on page 79, a particularly nostalgic roundup that pays homage to one of my mom’s

favorite fl avor combinations. The secret’s out on what I’ll be baking her for Mother’s Day!

But this issue goes beyond celebrating summer produce. It’s a celebration of all that

summer brings to bakers. For me, it was a trip to see baking and blogging inspiration

Zoë François in her oasis of a kitchen in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (See more on her and

her kitchen on page 27.) But for a lot of our readers, it means a visit to your hometown

bakery. We asked you what your favorite places are, institutions that have earned a warm

place in the hearts of many. And you delivered. Turn to our story on page 97 to fi nd

which of your hometown bakeries made the grade, and go ahead and bookmark the

whole list.

This story reminds me of my high school summers in Birmingham, Alabama, working

at my own hometown bakery, Edgar’s Bakery. From those humble beginnings of baking

and frosting cakes to order to becoming the editor-in-chief of Bake from Scratch magazine

... time fl ies divided by a span of sweet summers.

Happy baking!

Brian Hart Hoffman

Editor-in-Chief

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