Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County presents Kneaded Bread Fest
One-day festival features bakers from Kneaded: LA Bread Stories
sharing and selling their cultural breads
Saturday, November 19, 2022, 9:30 am–3 pm
November 7, 2022 (Los Angeles, CA) – Celebrate the science and culture of bread in L.A. at NHM’s Kneaded Bread Fest! Meet the bakers featured in Kneaded: L.A. Bread Stories as they host pop-up tables selling and sharing the cultural breads they make in the city.
- Enjoy performances and presentations
- Visit a pop-up bread-themed exhibit
- Get an up-close look at our bread-related Museum collections
- Participate in wheat-planting lessons, hands-on activities, and more
Kneaded: L.A. Bread Stories is a digital-first multimedia series that highlights L.A.’s history of breadmaking and celebrates a selection of the diverse, trailblazing, and resilient bakers and community builders who call the city home. Throughout 2022, Kneaded L.A. premiered videos, stories, and photo essays with these bakers, sharing how their delicious breads facilitate important cultural heritages and traditions. As a part of its mission, NHM celebrates and illuminates L.A.’s diverse rich natural and cultural history.
ASL interpretation for Kneaded Bread Fest will be provided by Pro Bono ASL.
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Participating bakeries include:
DK’s Donuts & Bakery is a family-owned, single unit establishment that has celebrated 40 years of making the best donuts in Los Angeles.
The most important Jewish Bakery in Los Angeles according to Eater LA.
Guatemalteca Bakery and Restaurant is a family owned business established in 1976 by Guatemalan immigrant, Don Antulio Reyes. We specialize in making traditional artisanal breads and foods from Guatemala using only the freshest and highest quality ingredients. We are proud to make products that bring people together.
An all vegan bakery and cafe in Frogtown/Elysian Valley.
KG Bakery has served the Greater LA Area since 1980. They specialize in all-occasion cakes and offer bánh mì sandwiches made to order using their freshly baked bread. They also produce a selection of other delightful fresh goodies including Lunar New Year Rice Cakes and Mid-Autumn Festival Mooncakes.
Specializing in corn and flour tortilla products since 1972.
Downtown LA’s favorite diner.
Vegan Filipinx bakery.
San Pedro Sourdough is a cottage bakery that makes sourdough bread by hand with milled grains and wild yeast in small batches from a seaside triple-wide in San Pedro.
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Kneaded Bread Fest
Saturday, November 19, 2022, 9:30 am–3 pm
Free with paid admission
For more info and tickets, visit: NHM.ORG/breadfest
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007
213.763.DINO (3466)
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