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The relationship of the people of Bucharest with bread is already an old history. Around 1900, there were over 100 bakeries and pastry shops in Bucharest.
Macedonians, Romanians from the country, Albanians, Greeks, Germans, Italians and Jews made bread, and the accounts of the time speak of a production process “in conditions of hygiene and cleanliness far superior to what was done before”, with patrons and workers “obliged to comply with the strictest rules of cleanliness.”
The “regulation of the bread trade” was made in 1900. Rich or poor, the people of Bucharest at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century rarely made bread at home, so people began to depend on bakers for this most consumed food.
If, until then, the price of bread and its abundance had been the main concern, the time had come to care for the quality of bread and especially the sanitary-hygienic aspects of production and distribution.
In the regulation it was written, in black and white, that “the first article of consumption is bread and the health of the citizens depends on its good quality”.
Bread is still an essential food today, despite the modern “bad PR” it has. In the flight from processed products and in the rush for natural ingredients, authentic texture and taste, artisanal bakeries appeared in our lives.
They are the places where the promise is that you will always find fresh bread (by the way, the limited amount of products almost does not allow it to go stale) and, above all, you can find “bread made like the old days”. That is, bread made from natural ingredients and with traditional production processes.
Discover, on B365.ro, a top 9 of the best artisanal bakeries in Bucharest, where you can find the best artisanal bread with mayo.
