The One Word Secret to Better Baguettes

Buy Better Baguettes With Just One Word

A beautiful stack of fresh France baguettes.

France takes their Baguettes VERY seriously

For many of you coming to live and study in France you are most likely already drooling over the thought of all the delicious baguettes you will get to eat! And it’s true, amazing baguettes are everywhere, and not to mention cheap (more than 2 Euros is expensive). The best part is that no matter where you are, you don’t have to go far to find one of these crunchy, and soft, miracles of dough engineering.

The French don’t mess around when it comes to their bread. In 1993 a French bread law (le Décret Pain) was passed that made it mandatory for all baguettes called homemade (maison) to only use four ingredients — flour, salt, water and yeast — and to be baked entirely on the premise. It also states that any baguette called “tradition” can’t ever be frozen or contain additives. This, combined with the many baguette contests (there is even one in Paris where the winner gets to deliver their baguettes to the President, every day, for a year - classic France), ensures that France’s baguette competitions, and thus quality, is quite high. Ultimately this means the differences from boulangerie to boulangerie are not that drastic, leaving you with more time to enjoy the tastes, instead of wasting it hunting down the best. Although if you do want help finding the best places to eat in France, we have a guide for that.

Look at how fluffy baguettes from France are.

The Baguette Keyword

To be an expert on buying baguettes you won’t need to be a specialist on knowing the perfect crunch sound a baguette needs to make when you squeeze it, or a connoisseur recognizing the smell of the highest quality ingredients – all you need to know is one word! That word is: “Tradition”. A baguette tradition is the same one decreed by law to never be frozen and contain no additives. These are delicious handcrafted masterpieces that will satisfy your every baguette desire!!

Bon Appétit!


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