When I started E.A.T. Boutique, I wanted to showcase the remaining artisan bakers.

Indeed, he is trying to entice one of those people, an artisan baker from Cambridge whose bread he loves, to open a bakery in the Dumbo building.

In May 2011, Risk Capital Partners assumed a shareholding in Bread Ltd, a leading artisan baker.

So why not ditch the office job and live the glamorous life of an artisan baker?

There is also a bread making museum that uses multi-lingual audio-commentary to illustrate how French artisan bakers make their famous products.

The ABQA and its 34 member companies continue to raise the profile of artisan bakers and educate consumers about natural and organic ingredients.

This cobblestoned market street is crammed with artisan bakers, fromageries and gourmet sweet shops.

Linen is also used extensively by artisan bakers.

Steven Giraudo, an artisan baker from Italy whose first job in America was at Boudin, bought the bakery in 1941 but later sold it.

The Hairy Bikers have done a turn here too, roaring over Hartside to work with its artisan bakers.