Hello Los Angeles

LA

Dedicated to the smoggy sunset that greeted me when I landed I will bake you a Pink Bread today. Let me know if you are in LA and want my Sourdough Bread. As far as I know, it is hard to get good bread here. ———————————— Does anyone know where I get: A) A good oven in Hollywood B) A … Read More

ElmlidHello Los Angeles

Baking for Daniel Humm

To find an oven is probably the most complicated task in the journey of Bread Exchange. Or, rather, it can be hard to find openminded people who don’t think it is crazy to ask them to use their oven. When I found an oven I usually stand in front of an even larger challenge;  that every oven is different. At … Read More

ElmlidBaking for Daniel Humm

The Challenge of Bread Exchange

Every time I come to a new city I go through the same procedure; Where do I get the best flour, suitable for my kind of dough? Who sells the best Salt? I like to use what people trade with me for bread when I travel. I get to try local ingredients that I cannot find at home. At the … Read More

ElmlidThe Challenge of Bread Exchange

I did it!

Everything worked out. 31 Breads were delivered. And the Daily Newspaper BZ wrote that “Great Modern Art is easier to find in Berlin than Good Bread”. I could not agree more. When Karen Boros could not find good bread to go with her soup she turned creative and asked me to trade as many Breads as I could possibly make … Read More

ElmlidI did it!

Work in Progress

Mary Sherpe came by my play room to follow the process of baking. These are her pictures and this is her Blog Post about Bread Exchange at Stil in Berlin. Thank you!

ElmlidWork in Progress

In the playroom

I have now baked 16 of 30 of tonights Bread. I am slowly ,slowly seeing the end of the tunnel. If you are attending the dinner in Boros Bunker, and would like to trade a bread, let me know. I would bring one of the Loafs for you.

ElmlidIn the playroom

Bread Exchange Today!

Tomorrow I will be baking Bread for 350 people at Boros Bunker. I have ordered 67 kg of Germanys best flour from München. This amount of bread is really way above my limits and I have no idea how I will manage. So I am practicing practicing practicing. There will already be so much Bread ready this afternoon so please … Read More

ElmlidBread Exchange Today!

Bread Exchange is Back in Berlin

FInally, After weeks of traveling, I am baking in Berlin. My sourdough has been chillin in da Fridge and is now ready for some action. I will start safe and bake a very healthy Goji Berry Bread for you today. If you like a bread tonight or tomorrow morning, let me know!

ElmlidBread Exchange is Back in Berlin

13.00 Today

Lotta Lundgren is doing her Summer Talk on the Swedish Radio. If you know Swedish, tune in the SR Podcast “Sommar”. I promise you, it will be worth it.

Elmlid13.00 Today

Great PR

What a great idea for a 2 years anniversary! BOLD PR in Berlin has been thanking partners, clients and friends throughout the city by printing personal flyers and hanging them at location where they know that they wont be missed. When I got home yesterday the whole front of my house was covered. I call that successful PR. BOLD has … Read More

ElmlidGreat PR