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Ellen explains the vision behind the bakery&#8217;s name and she shares the story of her long and winding journey to fulfill that vision, which emerged over time, to marry her love of art with her love for bread. This episode is for those of us bread geeks who never tire of drilling down deep in our quest for beauty, especially as found in a loaf of bread.\u00a0 Look for her book, <span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Heritage-Baking-Recipes-Pastries-Artisanal-ebook\/dp\/B07GL9WD6D\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=31L3Q1JQCI7H8&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uaRtVWtlU7ypLzuJYA35LgsDjDhhXfZsiDyZQ5gYFIz6CUphoVCLRDpar17HmFo5.0V-7StBOlXunpjaFh5IIvVEgk5n7AcxPZTZBPtwjTpw&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=Heritage+Breads%2C+Ellen+King&amp;qid=1756843368&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=heritage+breads%2C+ellen+king%2Cdigital-text%2C93&amp;sr=1-1\">\u201cHeritage Baking: Recipes for Rustic Breads and Pastries Made With Artisan Flour From Hewn Bakery\u201d<\/a> at your favorite book seller.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Combining Passion For Art and Bread To Make a Legendary Bakery - Ellen King\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/93nGSDIa1lA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to Pizza Quest for another new season of conversations with very interesting people. Ellen King, whose bakery in Evanston, Illinois, Hewn, has become legendary for its beautifully crafted breads and pastries using regionally specific flour and local grains. Ellen explains the vision behind the bakery&#8217;s name and she shares the story of her long and winding journey to fulfill that vision, which emerged over time, to marry her&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/ellen-king-chief-bread-hewer-of-hewn-bakery\/\" title=\"Read More About Ellen King, &#8220;Chief Bread Hewer&#8221; of Hewn Bakery\" class=\"btn btnred\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":7839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20],"tags":[1189,1187,1188,1190,33],"class_list":["post-7836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-s1-pizza-quest-webisodes","category-c43-webisodes","tag-artisan-flour","tag-ellen-king","tag-heritage-baking","tag-hewn-bakery","tag-peter-reinhart"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ellen King, &quot;Chief Bread Hewer&quot; of Hewn Bakery - Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/ellen-king-chief-bread-hewer-of-hewn-bakery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ellen King, &quot;Chief Bread Hewer&quot; of Hewn Bakery - Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Welcome back to Pizza Quest for another new season of conversations with very interesting people. 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