“It's 10:00 a.m., time for the second round of baking of the day. After feeding the fire with chunks of maple, he loads the bread and pastries according to cooking time: first the fat country rounds, then long, skinny loaves dense with nuts and dried fruit, and finally a dozen purple crescent moons: raspberry croissants pocked with chunks of white chocolate.” BreadBakingPastriesHokkaidoLoaves Book:Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture Source: Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture