At a roadside restaurant, a few dollars bought a lunch of fresh lamb, eggplant and hearth-baked bread.

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It is baked fresh daily in a hearth oven and remains the exclusive bread of Chez Panisse.

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The kitchen is still black with smoke and contains the original bread oven and soup hearth.

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