A Field Trip to King Arthur Flour

My family will tell you that I am terrible at directions. I have an uncanny ability to turn in the wrong direction – almost without fail. Even worse than directions, I am really bad at geography. I know where everything is in the kitchen, but on a map – uh, not so much. So, imagine my surprise when I discovered that King Arthur Flour was located just across the river from where my son attends college. In my defense, Dartmouth is in Hanover, New Hampshire, and King Arthur Flour is in Norwich, Vermont.

Once I discovered where this campus was located, I knew we had to visit. I call it a campus because it’s a school, a bakery, and a store. I expected to check it out and come out with a handful of the new gluten-free baking mixes, but the store felt more like a candy shop than a store. It’s a delightful place, with all kinds of cool baking tools, and a lot more allergen-free and gluten-free products than I expected.

Here’s a sample of what I came home with:

A couple exotic foods - Madagascar vanilla and European lemon zest.

Some baking tools that I have had a hard time finding.

 I needed a really big stainless steel bowl for mixing flours. And the little stainless prep bowls were just too cute.

Exotic allergen-free chocolate. Need I say more?

 Super-fine sugar just for baking. Have you ever seen this before? I hadn't!

A trio of gluten-free flours.





Now that I know where the store is, I’ll be sure to plan future trips around college pick-ups and drop-offs.