Greetings from Skowhegan, Maine 🌾
Hi there! It brings me great pleasure to say that I am writing to you in the view of Whites Pond in Palmyra, Maine, a few hours before the beginning of the...
Pastry Passport Week ⓸: Bánh Bò Nướng with Doris Hồ-Kane of Bạn Bè
Hello there! Much like people working in most other industries, bakers — the same as athletes, artists, writers, you name it — have titans of the baking...
Special orders for special occasions 🪩
Hi there! We get a lot of special order requests in our email inbox: pies, birthday cakes, breads, you name it. We’ve done a little bit of everything over...
Pastry Passport Week 𝟛: Tahinov Hats with Wordloaf's Andrew Janjigian 🇦🇲
When we first thought up the idea of Pastry Passport, I knew that I wanted to talk to my friend Andrew Janjigian — bread baker, cookbook author, writer of...
A huge shoutout to the best team in the biz
The team, minus Sam and Theo I’ve probably mentioned this once before, but at the bakery I frequently find myself muttering, not at all facetiously, “Damn,...
Pastry Passport Week 𝟸: Anzac Biscuits with Gracie Barrow of Fornax Bakery
Like most Brits, I’ve been known to drink forty to fifty cups of tea a day. And with each cup, I’m always thinking, wouldn’t it be nice if I had a perfectly...
Man, it's a hot one 🥵
Hi! This is going to be a short email with some key updates for this weekend. Friday morning, you’ll get a different email from Downtime with an interview...
Introducing: The Pastry Passport 🛂 🥮
Once, when Sam and I were roadtripping around Portugal, he made a very astute observation about me that I’ve never forgotten. “No matter where you are in the...
Read all about it: Downtime and our great neighborhood in the New York Times!
Well hey! It’s Thursday morning and we have some cool little updates for you. Bakers’ Hang 6The sixth edition of our community gathering Bakers’ Hang is...
Happy Pride, from us to you 💫
Hi! Chef Lizzie — Downtime’s senior pastry chef — reporting for newsletter duty this week, and it is an honor and a privilege to welcome our Downtime...
Donuts because it's my birthday
One of my favorite donuts of all time, from Peter Pan Bakery in New York We have a big birthday tradition at the bakery, one that we started very early on....
Ratatouille loaf is our Thursday special today
Hi! You know that scene in Ratatouille (2007) where Remy eats a strawberry and a chunk of cheese at the same time and fireworks explode over his head? A...
Preorders for Mother's Day Weekend end tonight at 9pm!
Hello! Did you get your Mother’s Day preorder in yet? You have until 9pm tonight. Here’s the link! Here’s what to know this week. ThursdayOur Thursday...
Mother's Day Weekend preorder is live now 🍰
Hi! Here’s what I can promise you: If you come to the bakery some time between Friday, May 8th and Sunday, May 10th (known by us as “Mother’s Day Weekend”),...
My Madeleine moment 🌫️
Despite having a fairly crystal longterm memory now, I don’t have many distinct memories from my childhood in England. What I do recall always comes back to...
Mill tours, Mother's Day, ICE OUT fundraiser...and more
Hi! It’s springtime and almost summertime so that means there’s a massive amount of programming coming to Downtime Bakery soon. I’ve said it before but when...
Come to the matcha pop-up this Saturday with Bake by Miii! 🍵
Hello hello. Happy Thursday! Let’s get into the details of this week at good ole Downtime Bakery. Thursday Loaf This week, one of our stupendous bread...
Spring is here and so are the first glimpses of our spring menu
Good morning, Downtimeistas. It excites me to no end to witness the changing of the seasons, away from what was a brutally cold and dumb winter and into a...
🌷 Hot cross buns! Carrot cake! Quiche! Plus: 25% off all merch! 🌷
Hi there! Let’s keep this short and sweet so we can get to the goods. Next weekend, to welcome the start of spring, we’ll be doing a preorder of our...
Irish stout soda bread this week! Plus: hey, carrot cake on Saturday
Hello! I hope you’re having a wonderful week. Community Cooking Day Yesterday, we had our monthly Community Cooking Day and made some delicious tomato,...
