April 2012
1 post
We Are Hiring
We are hiring a driver who will be in charge of our bread delivery. Must be 25 years or older with a clean driving record.
Send your resume to aviv@sidewalkcitizenbakery.com
January 2012
1 post
Store Hours and Address
Our store hours are:
Fridays and Saturdays from 10am till 3pm.
Baguettes are usually out of the oven at 11am.
We are located at 5524 1A St SW and our phone number at the store is 403 457-2245
Hope to see you all there.
December 2011
1 post
Christmas Menu and Extended Store Hours
We are happy to have our Christmas menu featuring new flavor combinations and special creations to indulge in. We will have our traditional Stollen and many more items with some great pastries and breads for the main meal and the morning after.
It is not necessary, but it will be best if you pre-order as we make evertying fresh and on the same day and to guarantee what you want. And yes, we do...
July 2011
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June 2011
1 post
April 2011
2 posts
Pick Up Bread and Pastries at My Kitchen
We are slowly expending our hours and our products. This week we will be open for pick up on Friday and Saturday from 10am till 2pm. The address is 2-5524 1A St. SW. Here is a link to a map.
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As always we will have sourdough bread, multigrain bread and sweet and savory scones. This week we will have sourdough croissants, our variation on Pan au Chocolate ( croissant dough...
March 2011
3 posts
Weekly Update - March 29th
We will be away till Friday, April 1st.
Friday:
Pick up bread and pastries at my kitchen. For more details about our selection on Friday follow as on Twitter.
Sourdough bread available at the usual store. Check this link for more details.
Fresh scones at Phil & Sebastian in Marda Loop, Beano on 17th Ave and 9th St. SW and Kawa Espresso Bar on 8th St SW.
Saturday:
Pick up bread and...
We are away till Friday, April 1st
Michal and I are in Israel visiting our families. We will be back in Calgary on Thursday and start baking right away so we can have fresh bread and pastries on Friday.
This is my Mom standing in her balcony.
WEEKLY UPDATE - March 8th
Thursday:
Sourdough bread available at Sunnyside Market in Kensington and Fresh Kitchen in Marda Loop.
Fresh scones at Phil & Sebastian in Marda Loop, Roasterie in Kensington and Kawa Espresso Bar on 8th St SW.
Friday:
Pick up bread and pastries at my kitchen.
Sourdough bread available at the usual store. Check this link for more details.
Fresh scones at Phil & Sebastian in...
February 2011
2 posts
Weekly Update - February 24th
Thursday:
Sourdough bread available at Sunnyside Market in Kensington.
Fresh scones at Phil & Sebastian in Marda Loop, Roasterie in Kensington and Kawa Espresso Bar on 8th St SW.
Friday:
Sourdough bread available at the usual store. Check this link for more details.
Fresh scones at Phil & Sebastian in Marda Loop, Beano on 17th Ave and 9th St. SW and Kawa Espresso Bar on 8th St...
Weekly Update - February 10th to the 14th
Thursday:
Sourdough bread available at Sunnyside Market in Kensington.
Fresh scones at Phil & Sebastian in Marda Loop, Roasterie in Kensington and Kawa Espresso Bar on 8th St SW.
Friday:
Sourdough bread available at the usual store. Check this link for more details.
Fresh scones at Phil & Sebastian in Marda Loop, Beano on 17th Ave and 9th St. SW and Kawa Espresso Bar on 8th St...
January 2011
3 posts
Weekly Update - February 1st till the 7th
Thursday:
Sourdough bread available at Sunnyside Market in Kensington.
Fresh scones at Phil & Sebastian in Marda Loop, Roasterie in Kensington and Kawa Espresso Bar on 8th St SW.
Friday:
Sourdough bread available at the usual store. Check this link for more details.
Fresh scones at Phil & Sebastian in Marda Loop, Beano on 17th Ave and 9th St. SW and Kawa Espresso Bar on 8th St SW.
...
Bread and Dinner in the New Bread Oven
My new oven is finally operational and I am starting to figure it out. As with every oven it takes a while to know it and be comfortable working with it. Here is a photo of today’s bread.
Once this oven is hot it cools down very slowly. I wanted to use it as it cools so I cooked dinner while preparing the dough for tomorrow’s bread. Here is the recipe:
Wash and pat dry the...
October 2010
5 posts
The Hipster Loaf is Coming to Town
The first change we decided to implement after the election is to accommodate the young and small families of Calgary’s downtown core. So, this week at Bird Dog you can pick up The Hipster Loaf. The same bread just smaller size.
Thursday Pick Up at Bird Dog Video:
Bird Dog is an independent store with an incredible selection of films from every genre and a film lovers dream.Starting...
Next Market Collective
Next Market Collective is on October 30th and 31st. I will be there with bread and other baked goods.
Thursday Pick Up at Bird Dog Video
Thursday Pick Up at Bird Dog Video Starting this week I will be setting up a pick up location every Thursday from 4:30 till 6:30 pm at Bird Dog Video (1333 16 Ave SW). I will post/email the menu on Tuesday morning every week and you can order until Wednesday night and come and pick up your order and a movie on Thursday afternoon at Bird Dog. You can pay with cash or by cheque. Email...
September 2010
5 posts
Next week at Hillhurst Farmers Market
Scones Extravaganza at Hillhurst Farmers Market
Tomorrow, Wednesday, I will be at the Sunnyside Hillhurst Farmers Market from 3:30 till 7:30 with sourdough, focaccia with roasted onions and sumac and 4 different kinds of scones:
Peaches and anise
Peaches, lavender and white chocolate
Apple pie scones
Apples, lemongrass and dark chocolate
Come early. The scones are usually gone in the first hour.
If you want to know more about next...
Unicahome Hits Calgary
Max Jacobson, Food and Travel Editor for Seven Magazine in Las Vegas, was here in Calgary last weekend and John from Charcut invited me to join them for breakfast. I brought over some bread and scones and we had a really nice chat. Here is the review from his blog.
Small Apple Salad
When summer is here, and the farmers markets are full of fresh and fantastic fruits and vegetables, my main shopping criteria is beauty. I just buy what I think is the most beautiful and colourful produce. On Wednesdays evening, as the Hillhurst Sunnyside Market is winding down, I usually go around and pick up stuff from the vendors.
Two of my favourite vendors are Rod and Chad from Leaf and...
Bread Delivery Next Tuesday
Here is the link to the bread delivery email.
August 2010
5 posts
Summer
Baking Again
I am starting to bake again this weekend and I am very exited about it. Bread will be in the regular stores starting next week and Monday Bread Delivery will resume on August 23rd. I will send an email with the details but it will probably be a sourdough with Red Fife Whole-Wheat from Mark’s beautiful organic wheat farm. This is my favourite bread and a lot of my recipes are based on it,...
July 2010
2 posts
Red Fife Wheat
Mark Gibeau grows Red Fife Organic wheat outside Calgary. Red fife is one of the oldest wheat crops in Canada and when milled into flour provides one of the best bread flour you can find. I’ve used Mark’s Red Fife flour in the past and will use it in the future.
Mark and his partners are hosting an organic field tour on August 11 at 9am on the farm. Come and learn all about this...
Monday Bread is Coming Back Soon
After 4 months away we are back in Calgary. We started our trip baking and filming in a bakery in Tengboche Monastery, on the way to the Everest base camp in Nepal. We’ve also baked and filmed at a makeshift bakery in a tent at Everest base camp, the highest bakery in the world, catering for the climbers that attempt to summit the mountain.
From Nepal we went to Paris where I was lucky to...
June 2010
1 post
Kathmandu-Tel Aviv-Paris-Montreal
We are back in Canada making our way on a train from Montreal to Toronto, our final destination before we are going back to Calgary.
I didn’t write much since we left Calgary and started our little adventure three months ago. We baked bread at Tangboche and at Everest Base Camp; We traveled to Israel to visit Michal’s dad who got sick and was in the hospital but is OK now; We went...
March 2010
2 posts
Nepal - Part I
After long two days of traveling we made it to Katmandu last Saturday. It took us about two days to recover, arrange a flight to the beginning of the Everest Base Camp trek and get the permits.
On Tuesday morning we made our way to the domestic part of Katmandu Airport and after about two hours we were sitting in a small plane ready to take off to Lukla. After about an hour of sitting in the...
Bike to Work Day - 2010
Bike to Work Day 2010 will happen on Friday, May 7th. Unfortunately, I am not going to be in Calgary at this day but this event is really important and I thought we can all advertise it so the fourth annual Bike to Work Day event is going to be bigger and better than ever!
Last year, thousands of Calgary commuters joined together to celebrate cycling as a clean, fun and healthy way to get to...
February 2010
5 posts
Tomorrow at Dalhousie Market
Sourdough bread
Focaccia with roasted onions and sumac
Brioche cake with creme patisserie and halva
Sweet scones
Come by and say Hello between 2:30 and 6pm.
Dalhousie Market - Tomorrow's Menu
I haven’t gone shopping yet so I am not sure about all the items in tomorrow’s menu but here is what I am thinking thus far:
Bread - sourdough with sunflower seeds
Olive and cheddar bread sticks
Scones - pears and maple syrup (to celebrate the olympics), olive and cheddar
And cheese squares - you will have to come check this
See you all tomorrow.
Tomorrow at Dalhousie Market - Menu
Rustic Bread
Focaccia with roasted onions and Sumac
Sweet Scones (Not sure exactly with what)
Krantz Cake with Creme Patisserie
and if I have enough time another kind of bread.
See you all tomorrow between 2:30 and 5:30 (unless I am sold out earlier)
Scones at Phil & Sebastian
Phil & Sebastian’s new place in Marda Loop is now offering my scones. The flavour changes every couple of days but it is always good and fresh.
Make sure you stop by for the best cup of coffee in the city and some scones.
Thursday at Dalhousie Market
Here is the menu for tomorrow:
Sunflower seed bread
Focaccia with roasted butternut squash and anise
Sweet scones - not sure exactly with what
Cheese squares
and maybe one more things. Not sure exactly yet
Come and say hey at Dalhousie Community Centre from 2:30pm till about 6pm.
January 2010
3 posts
Tomorrow (Thursday) at Dalhousie Market
Inspired by Fritz Pastry in Chicago I decided to do different scone flavour every week. I usually do sweet and savoury ones so this week it will be marzipan and apple for the sweet ones and cheese with fennel seeds for the savoury ones.
I will also have whole-wheat multigrain sourdough, pain rustic and maybe, if I have time, some cakes.
Thursday's Menu at Dalhousie Farmers Market
Poppy Seed Theme:
I got some blue and white poppy seeds from my friends at Silk Road Spices so I am baking a sourdough with poppy seeds and Rustic bread with poppy seeds.
Scone selection for tomorrow include marzipan and apple for the sweet scones and bacon and Canadian cheddar for the savory ones. There might be some poppy seeds there as well.
See you tomorrow.
Poppy Seeds on Lake Geneva....
Bread on Monday
I am back in Calgary and will do the bread delivery on Monday as usual. I am baking a Pain au Levain, the basic french sourdough, because I think this is the most fundamental bread and I like to start my “bread year” with the basic and build upon it.
I posted a link (on the left column of this page) with more information about the Monday Bread Deliveries.
See you all soon.
December 2009
5 posts
Time away
I will be away, visiting my Mom, until the middle of January.
Have a Happy New Year!
The Coming Week at Peasant Bread
Thursday, Dec. 17th - Dalhousie Community Center from 2:30 till about 6 or until I am sold out. I am baking Sourdough with seeds, Multigrain Bread and Christmas Scones
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 19th and 20th - Box Social Art Market at the Arrata Opera
Center. You can find all about it here www.boxsocial.ca
Also, this weekend Carmie from Spoon Fed Soup is selling my bread with her soup and I...
Bread in the Calgary Herald
A really nice article about my bread in the Calgary Herald:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Biking+Baker/2319706/story.html
Market Collective - Menu Update
I tried a new scone recipe today and I think I am going to make it for the market this weekend: Cranberry Scones with Eggnog. So, if you are eggnog fan come by and say hello.
Market Collective's Menu - Day 1
Multigrain Bread
Apple Sourdough
Cider, Apple and Vanilla Scones
Some kind of Brioches
Pretzels
November 2009
4 posts
The upcoming Peasant Week
On Monday, November 30th, I am baking my cheesse bread. If you want some, email me soon.
On Thurdady I will be at the Dalhousie Market from 2:30 till 6. Please come and visit. It can get lonely there.
Next weekend is Market Collective. If it will be anything like last time it will be fantastic. Here is some more information:
Sourdough Bread with Red Fife Heritage Wheat
Red Fife is Canada’s oldest bread wheat. The wheat has genetic variability in the grain that allows it to adopt to diverse growing conditions. Mark Gibeau is growing Organic Red Fife wheat outside of Calgary and milling it in a stone grinder. I just got my first batch of Mark’s Red Fife and will start using it in my Whole-Wheat Sourdoughs beginning this weekend.