How to Take Your Bread Service Beyond the Dinner Roll

Traditional bread service is great. What’s not to love about warm bread and butter? But chefs around the country are going beyond the dinner roll in unexpected ways. From peach-stuffed brioche to monkfish liver-cranberry pâté spread with Japanese milk bread, here’s how restaurants are raising the bar on bread service.

Salt-risen bread, Audrey, Nashville

In keeping with the ethos of Audrey, Michael Werrell, co-pastry director, draws inspiration from a centuries-old...