A visit from Spokane, Washington.

Last week we had a lovely family come and visit us from Spokane, Washington.
Eliana was delighted to have a nice piece of Mom and Dad's cinnamon rolls.

Cranberry nut delight....

You wonder if life can get any better when the sky is blue, the sun is shining and the breeze is swaying softly through the palm fronds when a soft gentle child walks in to Peace & Loaf with her grandparents and decides... she wants the whole cranberry nut loaf to herself. Ahhh... what a delight.

Gloria's Birthday at Peace and Loaf....

Wednesday March 4th was Gloria's Birthday so what better way to celebrate it than with the Peace and Loaf family. The day started early as usual. 3:00am wake up call... coffee brewing... time to start. Leonard Cohen playing on the background, potato bread in the making. Life is good!

George, Karina & Enrique...

Karina, Enrique and George (minus the photographer Gloria) are some of the members of the Peace & Loaf family. Always happy to see you and your families come and share a morning coffee and a cinnamon roll with us.

"Dusty" our Celebrity Hostess...

On Saturday morning Dusty Marie was kind enough to come and be our celebrity hostess for the day. Dusty came from Albuquerque, NM. She is a massage therapist and a mid wife. She was able to welcome our customers with a great big smile. Everyone wanted to meet her! She was an incredible help for us that day and we thank her from the bottom of our heart.

Let's check out the bread...

We have had a few bakers come by from Canada lately. it has been great fun to exchange thoughts with them and get some feedback after they taste our breads. A real synergy there. On the photograph you can see our olive rosemary, then the rye, the olive rosemary sundried tomato, then the whole wheat and the cinnamon rolls at the end.

Marcia and Neil come to Peace and Loaf...

Dear friends and neighbors of ours from Ridgefield, CT came to visit at the beginning of February. They loved Todos Santos,its lovely quaint atmosphere, its palms, beaches, desert, bumps on the road and all the special things that make TS such a wonderful place to live. But they also got up early TWICE that week and came to help us at the bakery. They were awesome! Thank you!!!

Happy to see you again too....

Many familiar faces come through a Peace and Loaf. Old friends and new friends alike.
Barbara and Sylvia got here early. Then Jan and Gordon sat close to Tony for a chat.
Gail and Janet came later. Gurta is smiling at the corner of the table.Serena and Brent's darling nephews sat to enjoy a piece of chocolate bread. Yum.... Chatting, laughing and enjoying the soft breeze under the ficus trees is a site to warm anyone's heart.

First time at Peace and Loaf...

We have had many new faces at Peace and Loaf this year. It is wonderful to welcome new customers from Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, Seattle, California, and many other places.

4:30 am time to start the fire....

It is 4:00 am when we walk into Peace and Life, turning lights, turning the gas on, quickly heating up water for our sponges, and setting up the working surface on our big table. While I start working on the breads, George is outside getting the fire started in our outside oven. It is a real dance when it comes to setting up the wood, keeping the fire going so it gets hot enough, then letting it burn down, raking the coals out and mopping the floor of the oven to bring it down to the perfect temperature. Finally the "temp" ia tested by throwing in the oven a handful of flour and seeing how quickly it burns. And voilá we are ready to bake. George might say "it's a HOT oven today"....