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North End Baker (Boston)

I took these photos to accompany a story I wrote for the Food section of the Boston Globe.

(Click on a photo to start a manual slideshow with captions.)

A baker walks from the oven carrying many loaves of bread.
Ben Tock was the head baker at Bricco Panetteria in Boston’s North End.
A baker pulls pieces of dough apart on a wooden table.
The bakery uses old world ingredients and techniques, producing loaves reminiscent of bread found in Italy and France.
A baker kneads dough on a wooden table.
Breads include ciabatta, a French sourdough miche, which is a puffy round, a baguette stuffed with Parmigiano and prosciutto, and the best-selling olive baguette.
A baker puts some loaves of bread on a shelf.
The bread has a crisp crust with a little char and lots of holes in the crumb, like you’d find in an Old World bakery.
A baker poses with a loaf of artisan bread.
At the time, Tock said he made about 1300 loaves “on a good day.”
A baker poses in front of a cash register and shelves filled with bread.
I took these photos to accompany a story I wrote for the Boston Globe. However, unbeknownst to me, the newspaper sent their own photographer who took similar photos and they published those.
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