Six years ago, when Heath Wendell and his partner Marlo Evans opened Slow Dough Bread Co., they had just two employees (themselves) and a whole lot of faith that Houston wanted to eat better bread.

Slow Dough Bread Co. is more than doubling its bakery size with the purchase of a southwest Houston facility owned by Whole Foods Market, prepping the local artisan bread company for further growth ...

Scott Medellin of Slowfire Bakery guesses that Vermonters have access to more artisanal bread options per capita than residents of any other state in the nation. No one seems to track such a number, ...