Baked Goods. Northern Coast California, USA
November 2019 If you’re on the hunt for picnic supplies to soak up the wine on a day exploring Sonoma’s vineyards, be sure to stop at Freestone. This village is tiny with only a handful of houses but it’s big on artisan produce. There’s a queue out of the door at Wild Flour Bread which makes many exciting flavours of sourdough, including lemon, olive and tarragon; Greek olive and zaatar; and caramelised smoked garlic – absolutely delicious with a crisp crust contrasting with the slightly chewy inside, and the sweet and smokey garlic balanced with the sour tang of the loaf. In the queue, there was a lot of excited chatter about the cinnamon, walnut and raisin sticky bun. I was envisioning a bun sized offering but it was in fact an entire loaf. The filling wasn’t evenly distributed which meant some bites were overly sweet, and the cinnamon eclipsed the other flavours. But maybe that’s just me as this loaf certainly had a fan club! They al...