Following is a transcript of the video. Claudia Romeo: Baguettes. Can you name a more quintessential French food? The recipe is quite simple. You just need flour, water, yeast, and salt.

The use of sourdough is fundamentally different from the processes used to make a French baguette and, thus, involves a different preparation too. As traditional as it may seem, a French baguette ...

The French love their bread and put the French ... Slashed with a sharp knife or razor blade, authentic baguettes are scored along their length at a strong diagonal. The bread scoring is important ...

While you can buy a baguette at a local grocery store, finding a French bakery or artisan bread baker will make this sandwich even better. An authentic French baguette will be sweeter and chewier ...

This Palm Springs pastry shop imports ingredients from France to ensure top-quality bread, croissants, and other French pastries.

The crust of baguettes made with flour milled in a French style and with grain relatively low in protein should tear easily and not show any toughness. The inner crumb should be a pale cream ...