Delve into the fascinating world of bread as you learn about its origins, what it symbolizes, its history and the history of Poilâne®. Explore different recipes for making your own bread and original suggestions for dishes that can be made using the full range of Poilâne® breads.

“More than a year before his passing, my father had begun preparing a work on the symbolism of bread in different fields of knowledge. I wanted to finish what he had started. So with the help of two friends, both journalists, I sorted and organized his writings, his notes and the documents he had put aside, sometimes adding my own comments along the way. I added his advice for choosing, serving and keeping bread, the bread-based recipes that he, forever an epicure, had concocted or resurrected from the past and his directions for making bread, something he encouraged everyone to try.” –Apollonia Poilâne