There are more than 34,000 bakers across France churning out around 6 billion baguettes each year, according to the national federation of bakeries and patisseries, which says that about one quarter of them use oil- or gas-fired ovens.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Sep. 2026
Every autumn the siren song of baking calls bakers home until the volume becomes too much to bear.
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