When it comes to the flavor of a city, you could say that San Francisco tastes like a bite of crusty, chewy Boudin sourdough bread. That’s because the bakery’s wild yeast starter, which bakers ...

Master baker Fernando Padilla inspects sourdough bread fresh from the oven at Boudin Bakery in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015.

BOUDINXX_032_LH.JPG Boudin Bakery, creator of the original San Francisco sourdough french bread and one of the city s oldest businesses, will open a new store on the Wharf, which will include a ...

That impression might be partly fueled by the company's imposing 30,000-square-foot bread-circus facility that anchors Fisherman's Wharf and includes a retail market filled with local products and ...

Boudin Bakery started in 1849 when Isidore Boudin, the son of master bakers from France, got his hands on a wild yeast starter from Gold Rush miners for whom bread and pancakes were a staple.

SAN FRANCISCO — From a railing just above Boudin Bakery’s bustling workplace, Fernando Padilla signals for one of his fellow bakers to toss him a chunk of dough. The softball-sized glob ...

Bakers make sourdough bread at the Boudin Bakery at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. The Bay Area has a long history of making sourdough bread, with Boudin Bakery even using mother dough that ...

Boudin SF, the fast-casual restaurant created by Boudin Bakery, creator of The Original San Francisco Sourdough, introduced three new limited-time menu items featuring seasonal Rustic Stuffing Bread.

SAN FRANCISCO Honeymoons: a chance to relax after the stress of a wedding by sitting on a beach with a cocktail and contemplating the start of a happy, married life. Or, in my ca ...

San Francisco's longest continuously operating company, Boudin Bakery, makes one of its most iconic foods: sourdough bread. Even the 49ers mascot is named Sourdough Sam.

Fernando Padilla — with the San Francisco company for 40 years — has created every loaf of bread at Boudin. Plus sourdough saxophones for Bill Clinton.