The Essex Street Market
120 Essex St.
New York, NY 10002
212-673-4950
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 8 AM-7 PM
"Pain D'Avignon uses the highest-quality ingredients (e.g. organic sugar, wild flower honey, sea salt, Greek olive oil) in its breads, which are based on labor-intensive traditional European recipes. For instance, the dough is cut and shaped by hand, and most of the breads, including even individual rolls, are made en couche--in roughwoven pieces of natural linen that help maintain their shape and moisture while slowly fermenting (prolonged fermentation creates more complex flavors)."