Farm and Sparrow breads fly off Asheville store shelves

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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There’s a bakery in Marshall called the Farm & Sparrow that bills itself as a “wood-fired craft bakery” that produces breads, pastries and other goodies. The bakers’ web site says they have a seasonal menu, they use hands-on methods of production and they’re committed to the local food economy.

I don’t know the details of all that. But I do know that Farm and Sparrow products distributed around Asheville are flying off shelves. Seriously, these guys can’t keep their goods in stock. And I’ll attest: last week, I tasted one of their croissants offered up at the Grove Corner Market and it tasted like bready, buttery heaven. I inhaled it.

If you can find Farm and Sparrow products around town, grab ’em. From the Farm and Sparrow blog, here’s the upcoming schedule:

Ok, so now that markets have closed up and the holidays have passed us, we are going to begin our new holiday schedule. Beginning this Tuesday, January 6th, we will begin twice weekly deliveries to the stores in Asheville. Deliveries will be in the late afternoon on Tuesdays and Fridays to the French Broad Food Co-op, Greenlife, Earthfare(westgate) and beginning this week, at the Grove Corner Market.

Individual croissants will be available at the Grove Corner Market and the French Broad Food Co-op. Bagged croissants at all other stores. Rye Breads will be back from Holiday at Greenlife and the French Broad Food Co-op, located in the refrigerated section.

And as we had mentioned all year, Aimee Mostwill (Sweetheart Bakery), Cecilia Marchesini (Empanadas) and myself (Farm&Sparrow) will begin our bi-monthly direct order days. Menus will be sent on Mondays, Orders due by Wednesday, Pick-up will be on Fridays with the first pick-up on January 16th. Stay tuned. Happy 2009.