··Sierra Madre, CA

The three-day croissant

Good lamination can't be rushed. Here's why the croissant in your hand started its life the better part of a week ago.

by Alex Vasquez
From the Syndicate journal

There’s a question we get at the counter most mornings: why does a croissant cost five dollars? The honest answer is that it took three days to make, and most of those days were spent waiting. Lamination is mostly a negotiation with temperature — you fold, you rest, you chill, you fold again.

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