best bread/breadsticks

[jimotis4heisman]

who has the best bread/breadsticks (at a restaurant) in the columbus area.

i ask only because i had donatos for lunch today, they had a deal were the basically tossed in the 2liter and breadsticks for free. while not the best ever i was pleasantly surprised.

 

[Mac]

My favorite breadsticks are papajohns, now for bread, Id say really any Italian reastaraunt...they really know how to bake a good loaf. Cheesecake factory has good bread.

Now for cheesesticks, pizza hut, but that's the only thing I'll eat from there.

 

[korchiki]

Cheesebread - Papa Johns...Delicious

 

[MaxBuck]

I'm still in mourning for Tapatio, which had the best bread in the city.

Bread lovers who go to Pittsburgh need to stop by BreadWorks on the North Side. It's a crappy neighborhood, but their rustic sourdough and nine-grain breads are to die for. Magnifico!

 

[Crump's brother]

I'd like to offer just one more opportunity to be chided for my European peasant bread...

It's actually really easy to make your own bread or pizza crust if you have a pizza stone and the ability to mix a few ingredients. You also get the benefit of choosing what goes into your bread. Also, it only costs about $1.25 a loaf versus the six or seven bakeries here charge.

 

[Buckeye Buh Nim]

I'm still in mourning for Tapatio, which had the best bread in the city.

Bread lovers who go to Pittsburgh need to stop by BreadWorks on the North Side. It's a crappy neighborhood, but their rustic sourdough and nine-grain breads are to die for. Magnifico!

this is spot on. r.i.p. tapatio

 

[Apache]

Panera and Audino for bread.

 

[BrutusBuckeyeAZ]

My favorite bread sticks from the Olive Garden! MMMMMMMMM Olive Garden.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

I've been making my own sourdough bread for the past year or so. I mail-ordered some sourdough starter and have been propogating it for over a year. It's really matured nicely and I've been getting excellent results with it.

The starter was free, I simply sent a SASE. iirc, it was from 'friends of carl' or something.

Here's the link if you're interested:

http://carlsfriends.net/

It's a sourdough starter that has been propogated since 1847.

Crump's brother: what's your bread recipe?

 

[scarletmike]

If you come down to O-town for vacation and want some pizza and breadsticks, definitely check out Flippers in the Disney area. Their breadsticks are quite simply the best breadsticks I have ever had. Smothered in garlic butter and parmesan cheese, and some of the lightest, fluffiest breadsticks I've ever had. The pizza is a little better than average, but the breadsticks...delicious!

 

[PlanetFrnd]

Bread in NYC is the best.

Bread's no good west of the Colorado. Water's too alkaline

 

[Crump's brother]

I've been making my own sourdough bread for the past year or so. I mail-ordered some sourdough starter and have been propogating it for over a year. It's really matured nicely and I've been getting excellent results with it.

The starter was free, I simply sent a SASE. iirc, it was from 'friends of carl' or something.

Here's the link if you're interested:

http://carlsfriends.net/

It's a sourdough starter that has been propogated since 1847.

Crump's brother: what's your bread recipe?

Here goes:
4 cups unbleached white flour
1.5 cups whole wheat flour (white whole wheat is nice, too)
1 cup rye flour
.5 cup of Flax seeds (can help prevent prostate cancer!)

Mix the dry ingredients together until a uniform color is reached.

3 cups of lukewarm water
2 packets or 1.5 tablespoons of yeast (avoid bread machine yeast)
1 tablespoon of salt
Stir these 3 ingredients together, let them sit for a minute, then mix them into your dry ingredients. When it is all mixed up, divide the dough evenly into two bowls. Let them rise for two to three hours.

At this point, I take one of the bowls and empty it onto a lightly floured surface-cutting board, pizza peel, whatever is handy. I form the dough into a boule, or ball, and let it rise for 30 minutes.

Sprinkle cornmeal on your pizza stone and preheat oven (with stone inside) to 430 degrees. Find a metal pan-I use an old bread pan, and fill it with 2 cups of water. This steams the crust, making it chewy rather than a pulverized mess. Gently place the ball of dough on the stone and bake for 30-35 minutes. Let it cool for 30 more minutes.

Commence eating like a troglodyte.

 

[DubCoffman62]

There's a guy in new Orleans that makes French bread for most of the city. Now that's the best bread I've ever eaten.
I make my own bread too from time to time but as Lt Col Slade pointed out, this damn water west of the Colorado is too damned alkaline.

 

[GeorgiaBuck2]

Olive Garden period.

 

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