DAN'S PAPERS, October 24, 2008 Page 39 www.danshamptons.com
A Sweet New Bakery On The North Fork and when I finished taking a sugary inventory, Nancy invited me back into Blue Duck’s kitchen. Oh my gosh, where to begin. How about with the hearth oven? The exterior certainly looked 21st century to me but Keith said the interior housed a real old-fashioned brick oven. Over 2,000 bricks! The oven was manufactured in Italy and a mason from Italy spent a week in Southold putting the darned thing together. While Blue Duck has all kinds of cakes and pies, bread is a specialty. Better sit down for this. In one summer week in Southampton, 40,000 loaves are hand-formed and baked at Blue Duck. Boy, they must eat an awful lot of sandwiches on the South Fork. Anyway, many of the loaves are prepared by Henry Flores of Southold. Henry told me he started as an apprentice in Southampton. But he’s a real pro now. Rising with the yeast, I guess. Another pro is Silvia Fernandez whose gloved hands were preparing butter cream icings in pale shades of green and rose. Keith says he “couldn’t do without Silvia.” Back out at the counter, I met Victoria Bragg who’s worked with Keith for 20 years. Victoria
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encouraged me to sample a few things. I really liked Victoria. And I bought some stuff, too. Blueberry scones, for example. There’s lots of Italian pastry in The Blue Duck. Like sfogliatelle. Go see what that is. I promise it tastes much better than it’s spelled. Nancy says she uses her Grandma Julia’s handwritten recipe for apple pie. She’s even thinking of framing Grandma Julia’s recipe and hanging it on one of the bakery’s cheery yellow walls. By the way, Nancy’s Grandpa Frank was a baker, too. Nancy and Keith have three adult children. Noelle opts for pumpkin pie, Anthony goes for the breads and Keith calls Christina his “muffin girl.” I met some first-day customers, as well. Southold’s Rudy Bruer purchased a chocolate cheese puff. Just those words – chocolate cheese puff – are delicious. The Blue Duck is right up the road from the Bruer law office. I imagine Rudy will stop by often to put aside a tort for a tart. Grand Opening on October 25? Lots of surprises and son Anthony Kouris, wearing a blue duck costume, will be outside the shop welcoming visitors. I’ll be there, Anthony, but no offense if I don’t stop to talk. I’ll be heading straight for some of those big black-cat Halloween cookies.
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By Phyllis Lombardi When it comes to being first, I’m usually not. A kid in grade school, I was always last on line because I was the tallest in the class. And I was the last of the kids to get a bicycle. I bought my own, my first, right around the time I became a grandma. While I’ve been to many baseball games, I’ve never been to an opening day. Certainly I’ve never been to an opening night on Broadway. Too far away and I’d have to get dressed up. But this was different. A sweet new bakery in Southold. Mind you, we’ve got some fine bakeries on the North Fork but there’s no such thing as too many scones or raspberry tarts. Besides, I liked the name of this new place. The Blue Duck Bakery on Main Road. Owners Nancy and Keith Kouris also own The Blue Duck Bakery in Southampton. But I don’t get to Southampton very often. My husband goes to an ophthalmologist over there but after the visits we just eat lunch in the car and come right home. So I decided to go to opening day at The Blue Duck. A real first for me. I want you to know opening day is different from the Grand Opening on October 25. I’ll tell you about that later. On opening day, warm and sunny, I dressed casually for the event – jeans and a T-shirt. I took along five dollars because I knew I’d buy something. So into Blue Duck I went and the first thing I noticed was a lovely floral arrangement with a ceramic blue duck right in the middle of it. North Fork hospitality at its best because the flowers were a good-luck gift from Ivy League Flowers and Salone Dei Capelli, neighbor businesses on Main Road. Nancy said the gift made her feel really good about this new North Fork venture. Yes, Nancy was right there behind the counter
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