In this episode of Happy Half Hour, hosts Troy Johnson and Jackie Bryant sit down with Charles Kaufman, the legendary mind behind Bread & Cie—San Diego’s iconic artisan bakery. Before he was crafting perfect baguettes, Kaufman was shocking audiences with cult horror films, including Mother’s Day, a slasher classic.
From writing jokes for Bob Hope to sneaking out of Cannes Film Festival screenings to studying French breadmaking, Kaufman shares his wild ride from Hollywood to Hillcrest, the early days of San Diego’s food scene, the struggle to bring European-style bread to America’s Finest City, and why a bakery should always have a little theatrical flair.
