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Not really true. Most locals in most places will have opinions about the bakery you should go to and which one you should avoid, even if that means going to the

Not really true. Most locals in most places will have opinions about the bakery you should go to and which one you should avoid, even if that means going to the next village over. Even if that means having to schedule because the good bakery is only open twice a week. In my experience, the "bad" bakeries are on par with the average bakery in the rest of Europe (at least in countries that do not have a strong bakery culture): they're _fine_, but "fine" isn't really good enough for a such staple of food and culture. Of course, some bakeries are particularly bad and much worse than "fine".

bowsamic 1y ago
Yes my French grandparents had to walk a long way to the next village every morning for actually good bread, but that bakery had to shut down because, ironically, the baker was allergic to flour. I will never forget the amazing bread from those first couple times I visited, and I thought it just meant the French bread was amazing. But no, when I come now, they get the bread from the convenience store in their village or from some other bakery, and it actually sucks.