Today was one of those days. I had too many things stuck in my head, and since none of them included vector fields or thermo cycles, I had nothing else to do but to skip the books and follow the sunlight outside. Today's destination: Clear Flour Bread.
I'm a bread lover, I used to wake up early on Saturdays and get the car in Brazil (and everyone knows how I'm a terrible driver) just to buy the best bread in town. Clear Flour Bread has been in my "Saved list" on Foursquare since my first weeks here, and today I finally went there.
But they say it's not about the destination, it's about the journey. It's definitely true when it comes to bike rides. It was nothing less than a lovely ride through Brookline to one of the best bakeries in Boston area, according to everyone on Foursquare and Yelp.
I found a commercial spot at Harvard St, 10 minutes from home, with many restaurants, cafés, and even a piano store (!), all in traditional Bostonian brown/red bricks :)
I also crossed the famous Beacon St - now I know how to get there!
This area in Brookline is really nice. I saw several residential streets with houses in red bricks, American flags, kids taking the trash out, Halloween leftovers, and all those American clichés. Very different from Jamaica Plain, where I live.
And, finally, the bakery.
That cute yellow thing is my bike :)
Clear Flour Bread is a traditional bakery, they sell Italian and French breads/pastries. It's a really small place, take-out only, but with very friendly staff. Their basic bread is made with flour, water, yeast and salt - the right way. It's not the best bread I've ever tasted, but it's the best I've tried in US so far.
You know when bread looks heavy, kind of greyish, with big air holes inside? That's how an artisanal bread should look like, and that's how they are at Clear Flour Bread, exactly what I expected. I wanted to try the cheese croissant (by far the most recommended on Foursquare), but they were out of it :( Instead, I bought two traditional French baguettes (yeah, I'm getting fat, who cares), a Rustic Olive Roll (that would be delicious if it wasn't so spicy! Damn!) and a chocolate bouchon (AMAZING!).
Anyway, the place is great, specially because it's not on a commercial street, it is hidden among family houses. Get your bike and go there before the winter. Thank me later ;)
