As Kneaded Is What You Need
![Bread pudding (foreground) and bostock (back) from As Kneaded Bakery.](https://www.foodgal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Bread-Pudding-753x1024.jpg)
After graduating with an anthropology degree during a recession when jobs were scarce especially for liberal arts majors, Iliana Berkowitz was lucky enough to unearth her true passion in life — baking.
She took a job at a bakery, followed by a stint at a French bistro, all the while honing her bread and pastry skills.
In 2016, she started a bakery pop-up and bread club in the East Bay. Both did so well that in late-2018, she opened an actual brick-and-mortar, her As Kneaded Bakery in San Leandro.
![Pain d'epi and honey rye porridge loaf.](https://www.foodgal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Porridge-Bread.jpg)
It now supplies bread to such restaurants as Flea St. Cafe in Menlo Park and The Alembic in San Francisco. And its loaves sell at a host of stores around the Bay Area, including Bianchini’s Market in San Carlos and Portola Valley; Berkeley Bowl in Berkeley; and Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco; as well as through Good Eggs delivery.
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