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.

Like every spring, the departmental competitions organized around the best traditional baguettes are back. The baguette, ...

After Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines and Paris, we now reveal where the best traditional baguette in Val-d'Oise can be found. This ...

With the rapid urbanisation of Paris, smaller ovens in bakeries couldn’t accommodate the long fermentation times required for traditional round loaves. The baguette, with its quick preparation ...

This chewy roll might only have ham, slices of nutty gruyere and a generous smear of cultured butter, but those ingredients ...

Eventually, it will become too hard to eat without some serious effort, especially if it's a variety like traditional baguette. Bread might seem useless without its flavor and fresh texture ...