Trader Joe's. Buy their par baked ficelle in the bread section. Finish baking in oven right before company arrives. Seriously the best, freshest tasting bread. Shatteringly crisp on the outisde, soft and fluffy on the inside.
Anonymous wrote:oh, interesting no one has menioned St. Michel's Bakery in Rockville. The French owner is obsessed with the quality of his bread. The most amazing croissants ever and plenty of choices for dinner. Baguette? the closest if not the real thing to French baguettes.
http://stores.smbakery.com/StoreFront.bok