Rustica exemplifies the super premium-quality mentality that Gourmet, Food & Wine, Saveur and other glossies are talking about when they brandish the foodie word of moment: artisanal. With their passionate dedication to scholarship, craftsmanship and ingenuity, owner Steve Horton and baking cohort Tammy Hoyt-Simonds have created that rare place where integrity of purpose, skill of execution and lack of pretension are inextricably bound. Their baking honors time-tested European principles -- from applying long fermentation periods to using top-flight ingredients -- rather than the kind of American assembly-line short cuts that led to Wonder Bread. The results are extraordinary.
- Rick Nelson, Star Tribune
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