Where our food comes from and how it's made---not just how it tastes---is important to us. We also believe in most cases, sound and responsible agriculture and food preparation practices result in better food. We spend our days working carefully with our raw ingredients, so it is important to us that those ingredients were handled with the same care that we take in transforming them into our creations.

Whether it's a pastry, a loaf of bread, a cup of coffee, or a sandwich, we worry about the details when it comes to ingredient selection. In many cases we have developed relationships with the farmers and craftspeople (coffee roasters, butter makers, millers) that produce our food. We believe that making these connections makes us better able to do our job.