Grandaisy Bakery
Even before stepping through the door of Grandaisy Bakery on 73 Sullivan St., it helps to know that head baker, Cristóbal Julio Guarchaj, as a boy in Guatemala watched how his father, a baker, milled wheat using using large rotating stones powered by wind and water to pulverize the grain into flour. As he grew older, he mastered treadle, the intricate Mayan craft of fabric weaving. Why the history lesson you ask? Because Guarchaj’s acquired skills and nationality are both an anomaly as...
January 28th, 2010 | Steve Mirsky | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: bakeries nyc, best bakery nyc, Food & Beverage
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