They had lived all their lives in a street where cabs and omnibuses rumbled by at all hours, and the carts of butchers and bakers and candlestick makers (I never saw a candlestick-maker's cart; did you?
Bakers use long, slender wooden paddles to slide rows of bagels into the wood-fired oven, where they toast to a deep golden color.
I called for a directory and looked out the bakers.
French President Emmanuel Macron joined calls by bakers for France's traditional baguette to be recognized as one of the world's cultural treasures on UNESCO's list of "intangible heritage".
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday joined calls by bakers for France's traditional baguette to be recognised as one of the world's cultural treasures on UNESCO's list of "intangible heritage".
But dedicated bakers around the world have rushed forward to rescue bread's good reputation.
The simple treat is said to be the ultimate cake challenge for bakers -- as its basic recipe offers no room for error.
Collecting the award, judge Paul Hollywood said the last series was "the best year we've ever had - the bakers were the best".
Bakers say they are being paid in buns and bread instead of cash.
"For instance, we have Western and Chinese bakers working together to invent new desserts, combining Beijing's traditional bean cake with tiramisu filling, or our snail roll using millet flour pancakes from Shandong, and our steamed Cantonese pork roll matched with Japanese tempura.
Then the king made all the butchers in the land kill, and all the bakers bake, that the ships might be filled.