Our house loaf — blistered crust, custardy open crumb, gentle tang.
24-hour cold retard

Northampton · St. Louis, MO
Wild yeast, Missouri-milled flour, and a whole lot of patience. Reserve your loaf and pick it up warm from our corner of the neighborhood.
Our six signatures
Every loaf is naturally leavened with our 2018 starter, cold-retarded overnight, and baked in cast iron each morning.
Our house loaf — blistered crust, custardy open crumb, gentle tang.
24-hour cold retard
Slow-roasted garlic cloves folded through fresh rosemary dough.
30-hour bulk + cold retard
Sharp Wisconsin cheddar and pickled jalapeño in every slice.
24-hour cold retard
A high-acidity starter build for that unmistakable west-coast sour.
48-hour levain
Toasted sunflower, flax, sesame and rolled oats on a whole-grain base.
24-hour cold retard
Saigon cinnamon ribboned through plump raisins. Best toasted with butter.
18-hour cold retard
The bakehouse
Croissants, cinnamon rolls, cookies and whatever the season hands us at the farmers market.

Laminated over three days with European butter.
72-hour lamination
Sourdough-based roll with cream cheese glaze.
Overnight sourdough
Discard-enriched dough, sea salt, 66% dark chunks.
Discard-enriched
Day-two croissants soaked in orgeat and filled with frangipane.
72-hour lamination
Seasonal stone fruit from the Soulard market, rustic folded crust.
Seasonal bake
Dimpled, olive-oil rich, finished with flaky salt.
18-hour cold ferment
Sugar-crusted laminated bun with orange zest and cardamom.
72-hour lamination
Two chewy oat cookies with vanilla bean marshmallow cream.
Small batch
Our corner
We started with one Dutch oven and a starter named Ferment Fatale. Today the same kitchen feeds the block — neighbors grab loaves off the porch shelf, and we run one delivery loop across south St. Louis every Saturday.