Today's bake · While it lasts

The whale
has arrived.

Small-batch organic sourdough. Baked fresh in Walnut Creek.

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A hand-scored sourdough loaf held up like a face, plate no. 01
plate no. 01Walnut Creek, CA

Whale Bread

Filtered water, organic high protein white flour, seasalt, pinch of local organic honey, premium extra virgin organic olive oil. No artificial ingredients included.

Organic sourdough. Baked fresh in small batches.

Reserve your loaf

Pre-orders open soon. The list hears first.

01Organic always
02Sourdough only
03Small batch forever

The Story

There is a small road in Turkey that leads to a village most people will never hear of. On that road there is a bread shop with no sign. The smell finds you first. Nobody could agree on what to call it — so the village just started calling it Balina Ekmek. Whale Bread. And that was that.

I spent years learning that bread. Now I bake it here, every morning, one loaf at a time.

Every whale is different.

no. 001 — 004
Sourdough loaf scored with a face and olive branch
Sourdough loaf scored with a face and olive branch — alternate view
loaf no. 01
Sourdough loaf scored with a serene closed-eye face, styled with rosemary and olives
Sourdough loaf scored with a serene closed-eye face, styled with rosemary and olives — alternate view
loaf no. 02
Sourdough loaf scored with a smiling face, draped in a grey cloth
Sourdough loaf scored with a smiling face, draped in a grey cloth — alternate view
loaf no. 03
Sourdough loaf scored with a bespectacled face shedding a single tear, cooling on a wire rack
Sourdough loaf scored with a bespectacled face shedding a single tear, cooling on a wire rack — alternate view
loaf no. 04

Each loaf is scored by hand. No two faces are ever the same. Meet today's whales.

Find us.

Where

Ananas Coffee, Walnut Creek, CA

When

Daily, until sold out

Also at

Verde Gourmet, Walnut Creek, CA

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