Levain Bakery

George is another one of our summer “kids” out on Long Island.  A surfer from Connecticut (really?!) who wandered into the bakery last Spring inquiring about work. 

Name:  George McGinniss

What’s your sign:  Scorpio

Where did you grow up?  Connecticut

What is your favorite color?  White

What is your favorite thing at the bakery?  Cookies (All of them)

Cat or Dog?  Catog

If you could be a cookie package, where would you want to be shipped?  To the body of George McGinniss

What smells best when it is in the oven?  Cookies

Chocolate chip walnut or chocolate chocolate chip?  Both, as long as milk is nearby

What is your favorite song played at the bakery?  In the Waiting Line – Garden State Soundtrack

What is your least favorite song played at the bakery?  Jason Mraz

If you could be one thing in the bakery, what would you be and why?  A rolling pin, because I could just rolllll along

Make a statement that defines you.  I am George am I.

Sometimes it seems that to work at Levain Bakery you must have a certain name.  ie Alexis, Emily, etc.  Right now we have three Emily’s!

Name:  Emily

What’s your sign:  Leo

Where did you grow up?  New Jersey

What is your favorite color?  I go back and forth between blue and green

What is your favorite thing at the bakery?  Pizzas

Cat or Dog?  Dog

If you could be a cookie package, where would you want to be shipped?  Anywhere in Tuscany

What smells best when it is in the oven?  Sour cream coffee cake

Chocolate chip walnut or chocolate chocolate chip?  Chocolate chip walnut

What is your favorite song played at the bakery?  Ragged Wood by Fleet Fox

What is your least favorite song played at the bakery?  The bakery only plays good music.

If you could be one thing in the bakery, what would you be and why?  The big mixer – it can do anything.

Make a statement that defines you.  “Don’t sweat the small stuff.”

Michaela recently graduated from High School and is getting ready to head off to college in the fall.  But first she will spend the summer with us in Wainscott learning a bit about about baking.  

Name:  Michaela Fitzgerald

What’s your sign:  Cancer

Where did you grow up?  Shoreham, New York

What is your favorite color?  Yellow

What is your favorite thing at the bakery?  Chocolate chip brioche

Cat or Dog?  Dog

If you could be a cookie package, where would you want to be shipped?  California

What smells best when it is in the oven?  Pizza

Chocolate Chip Walnut or Chocolate Chocolate Chip?  Chocolate chocolate chip

What is your favorite song played at the bakery?  Marching Bands in Manhattan – Death Cab for Cutie

What is your least favorite song played at the bakery?  Don’t have one yet.

If you could be one thing in the bakery, what would you be and why?  Chocolate chip brioche because it is amazing.

Make a statement that defines you.  Live.  Laugh. Love. 

We hope that everyone is enjoying this beautiful July 4th and wanted to share one of our favorite customers, Miss Tallulah, celebrating the day!

It is now, really, offically summer, no matter what the weather. 

Happy Independence Day! 

Our crew has arrived in Wainscott for the summer!  Once again we have a great, interesting mix.  The eldest daughter of one of our oldest friends!  (Hard to imagine.)  A friend of hers, the daughter of another nearby business owner, a college guy who summers nearby, and a teenager who we’ve watched grow up with the Wainscott shop.  All along with our resident artist, of course, Aurelio, who is back.  We’ll take a few weeks and introduce them, ideally before summer is over!

We’ll start this week with Mariko, who was born in Osaka, Japan, grew up in Massachusetts and goes to college in Colorado.

Name:  Mariko Blakely

What’s your sign:  Aquarius

Where did you grow up?  Born in Osaka, Grew up in Massachusetts

What is your favorite color?  Purple

What is your favorite thing at the bakery?  The Bug!

Cat or Dog?  Cat

If you could be a cookie package, where would you want to be shipped?  North Pole – Santa loves cookies!

What smells best when it is in the oven?  Banana chocolate chip bread

Chocolate chip walnut or chocolate chocolate chip?  Chocolate chip walnut

What is your favorite song played at the bakery?  Suddenly I see – K.T. Tunstall

What is your least favorite song played at the bakery?  Heaven is on its way.

If you could be one thing in the bakery, what would you be and why?  Rustic fruit tart because it is super colorful.

Make a statement that defines you.  Carpe Diem