From the June issue: Talking with the artisan baker behind Maru Bread Co.
In Japanese, the word “maru” means “circle.” That sort of sums up how Baton Rouge artisan baker Moeko Glynn feels about her cottage business.
“It’s about community,” she says of her Maru Bread Co. “Circle—as in a circle of people.”
A native of Japan, Glynn moved to Baton Rouge in 2011 after meeting her future husband at a Smashing Pumpkins reunion concert in New Orleans. She had been traveling the country and ventured to the Crescent City to see the band.
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The couple later married, had two children and, along the way, Glynn began baking bread as a personal hobby. It was a way to pass the time in a place where she didn’t know many people.
She posted pictures of her handiwork on Instagram and shared loaves with friends. One friend connected her with the organizers of the Mid City Makers Market, the large monthly gathering of artists, craftspeople and artisan food producers on Eugene and Government streets. She’s been selling her rustic breads and sweets there since February 2017.
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