To save money on groceries, we've mastered making baguettes. Our simple family recipe for a loaf of French bread is ...

During baking, the water in the dough morphs into steam, making the insides soft. As the baguettes bake, the steam evaporates from the dough’s surface, leaving behind a dry, firm crust.

Baguettes could be baked quickly due to their thin shape, and a century later, the French now consume six billion of them ...

Claudia Romeo: Baguettes. Can you name a more quintessential ... He's an artisanal baker, son of a baker, who's been making bread basically ever since he can remember. This is his shop.