Originally Posted by
gaobest
Tartine country loaf is my favorite. I buy it from a Sf retail shop near our house, to avoid Tartine crowds as Tartine might only be 2 miles away but parking isn’t fun. $11.99/loaf and so amazing. I’m still not ready to make bread as i love the roll-ppang so it’s only 1 Tartine loaf every 6-8 weeks. I’m thrilled to see your post and that you mentioned Tartine.
You can do your own Tartine loaf! Their cookbook was one of the first bread-specific cookbooks I read. I will say that it's one I appreciated much better after having some experience making rustic sourdough loaves under my belt; the narrative makes so much more sense having experienced baking than when first approaching it (for newbies, I'd suggest a Peter Reinholt text first, like the seminal Breadbaker's Apprentice).
Speaking of bread, I'd been talking about doing a non-sourdough for a while, and finally got around to loaves of enriched sandwich bread just in time for making lunch for my week going into the office. This is based on a Reinholt recipe and came out nearly perfectly. Let it rest for a few hours before slicing!