Morning Toast
Liborio Baking Company

How much does crust matter to you? On the other hand, how much bread are you willing to waste to get a slice. Liborio is one of the 20 or so breads sold daily at Caputo's in Elmwood Park. It's a massive, well loaf is hardly the term for it, bread blob is more likely. Freddy's in Cicero, another favorite bread of mine, has a version that essentially looks like two round loafs smooshed together. This bread is almost like that, except that the two sections are barely distinct, one large bread blob. Large bread blob surrounded by a teeth cracking crust, almost an inch thick at some points. Inside, like most Italian style bread in Chicago, is an airy, dry crumb. Likewise, there is a faint sour taste. Because it is thick and dry, I give it the lightest of toastings. I've read that exercise early in the day gets you energized, and the work my jaw gets from this toast surely sets me up well.