After church today, we had some errands to run and Rob wanted to stop by our local bakery to see if they had any Irish soda bread...
Our bakery is very large and is open around the clock. Customers come in, put on gloves and take a large paper sack. Then they walk around the conveyor belts and bins and huge racks of breads and pick the items that they want right off the racks and pop them in their sacks.
Rob always loves to do this. It is a happening, a special event for him.
The place is always full of people picking out their freshly baked goods...
... from the moment we walked in, the delicious smell of warm baked bread filled our senses and made our mouths water.
(We should have had lunch first).
Then, it was time...he had to make decisions....
...should we get the soda bread or maybe we should get this olive loaf or that rosemary bread...
Do you want any muffins or should we get bagels?
What are you making for dinner....should we get an Italian loaf or some French bread?
How about some club rolls for lunch?
...and on and on it goes.
I think it is painful for him...actually painful, to have to decide which mouth watering, delicious baked good will come home with us...
We came home with the Irish soda bread and also bought two warm cinnamon raisin bagels plucked hot off the conveyor belt....
....which we ate in the car...didn't even need butter!
Yummmm!
Yes, all I need is bread...
bread and cheese...
bread and cheese and wine...
bread and cheese and wine and chocolate.
Yes, that's all I need!
...and coffee.
A special Happy Birthday wish to Rob's Mom who is 88 years young today!
I couldn't have a more talented, creative and loving mother in law!
I hope you have a good night's rest and that the week ahead will be peaceful and calm.
Good night!
:)
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An Italian loaf sounds delicious!
Mmmmmmm...I could smell the yeast as I was reading...what a treat!
Looks like a fun place to shop. I hav to agree with you: bread, cheese, wine and chocolate. What more could a girl ask for? Maybe some coffee....
Enjoy your week.
Kathleen
Mmmmmm, bread....I'll take one of each!
Happy Birthday to the MIL! :-)
Anne
My mouth is watering now also. I love fresh bread!
My most memorable meal was with my soon to be new husband, on a trip to Quebec City, up from southern Maine. We got fresh bread, still warm, from the oven and fresh cheese just delivered to the Farmer's market, and a great bottle of wine. Added to that was fresh seasonal fruit and some pate. Simple is good. I was in a beautiful place with special company, does it get any better than that. Now I am hungry for fresh bread. There goes the diet.
I just finished dinner and I am already hungry again :)
Truly the staff of life. I bet the smell is heavenly...the true aromatherapy. Sea Witch
I would go crazy in that place. I LOVE bread...any kind of bread! That looks like a fabulous bakery.
Jane
Wow! all that bread looks wonderful! I can't imagine having a nice bakery like that near by, I would be there all the time. Love the cinnamon bagel, oh ok, and ALL the others too! Thanks for sharing!
i love bread. even more so do my hips, thighs and stomach. darn those hips, thighs and stomach. who do they think they are any ways holding on to all that goodness!
blessings,
aimee
Oh my!
I just cannot even fathom a place like this!
We don't have a bakery here...
Heck, we don't even have a grocery store any more....
I love bread!
I would go wild in there!
Do you think I could I live there???
YUM!!!
What a happening is that. We don't have stores like that, and i can imagine it's hard to make a choise. My mouth is watering just by looking at the pictures.
Congratulations with your mother in law.
Greetings, Ester
HI Laura
Happy Birthday to Rob's Mum!! Hi Nana!! hehe
I have to tell you this post is taunting me!! Wheat allergy and I have been VERY good lately.. I can feel a bread fix coming on.. all these glorious photos.. You know I can smell that bread from here!! hmm delicious!! Well you just brought back a forgotten childhood memory. We lived just up the street from one of the large commercial bakeries and we kids would walk down and buy direct from the 'door in the door'!! haha.. Oh the smell.... wonderful!!!
Have a great week Laura xx Julie
Aussi bon que le pain français??!!!**rires**
bonne semaine Laura
manon
Happy birthday to rob 's mum !! yammie yammie what a lot of delisious bread !!!
I can not choose.............i want them all!!
Enjoy your week greetz Ria
Oh yummi yummi these breads look so delicious!
Hugs Yvonne
Mmm ... bread is possibly my favorite food after ice cream. Your bakery looks like heaven on earth.
What an amazing place! The smell of freshly baked bread makes my mouth water, I dread to think would I would be like in a place like that. It wouldn't be a pretty sight, lol, that I am sure of. I THINK I am glad that we don't have anything like that over here, it would be just too tempting...........
oh my goodness, I think I just packed on 10 lbs by looking at all those delicious carbs!!! I am so happy that you all enjoyed your trip, there is no better smell than being in a bakery!
TOTALLY agree with you on the "All you Need" list! Been wondering how much longer you will be in corporate america? deb
Well Laura, makes the humble baguette pale in comparison ;-) That being said, I caaaaaan offer you all you need, bread, wine and cheese - and even chocolate. hahaha!! mmm - I may just have to go and have some now!
OMG, I could not decide. I want them all, I can almost smell it. How devine....wish we had a bakery nearby.
Hugs,
Donna
OMG, it all sounds so good. Wish we had a place like that here.
Have a great week Laura!
Rosemary
oh dear lord, you would never get me out of there!!
I can smell it throught the screen!
xxx
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It must have smelled wonderful in that bakery! UMMM. Soda bread is fairly easy to make. :-)
Dear Laura,
First of all, Many Happy Returns of the day to Rob's Mum. I hope that she has the BEST day. I would love to know what you have bought her. I'm sure it will be something amazing. Can you tell her that Jackie wants to know what her secret is, so that I can do the same !! haha.
What a fantastic bakery Laura. I don't know how you didn't resist taking home one of each ! XXXX
This is something I would love to do !Just to taste all the different sorts too!Hve a nice week!
eveyrthing you mentioned is so good for the soul... i just love this post... we have sooo much in common... xx
What a wonderful bakery! My little town doesn't even have a bakery, just goodies brought in by truck to the grocery stores. I loved looking at the pictures and imaginng how good it must smell.
Now I'm hungry. Lunch!!
As you might know we make our own bread but that bakery would have me rethinking why bother!!!
We have nothing like that around here!
Happy Birthday to Rob's Mom!!!
xxx
hey! forget about the bread (although it is looking gorgeous) But look at the shelving unit!! it is a great piece of furniture !!
Don't you think... it reminds me of the postoffice/bakery unit of one of my previous posts. That is great industrial furniture.
I could just smell the bread after reading your blog and enjoying the pics. Think I gained a pound just doing that! LOL!! Wish there was a place around here that did this! I would visit often! Thanks for sharing!
I'd love to work in a bakery even for a night or two or more... I'd love to learn all the secrets...
beautiful post!
Happy birthday to your young mother in law!
Oh my...that looks so good! It's time for bed and now I'm craving something with cinnamon and a cup of coffee.....
Hope your day was a good one. Maura
I would LOVE a bakery like that -- but I would buy EVERYTHING, so I guess it's good that we don't have one like that around here! :) Now I want some soda bread, though... :)
Can we know the name and location of this bakery? I would love to visit it if I'm ever in the area!
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