up close and personal-like...say hello to sprouted wheat peace bombs and spelt raisin seed bread, yo

Killer Dave,
Do you make/sell sprouted breads at all? I'd be interested if so! Please let me know at your earliest convenience!

The answer is yes, but you left me no way to respond, other than right here. I hope you read this!

Saturday (tomorrow) is not just Earth Day, it's week 3 of the Portland Farmers' Market season. If you've never been there, you really should come down for one of these sprouted wheat Peace Bombs (left) or a loaf of killer Good Seed Spelt Raisin Bread (below). And that's just at the DKB booth!

These seedy and raisiny spelt loaves (right) will be sliced the next time you see 'em.

My friends from the start of this killer bread journey, Jean and Ugo.

see ya at the market

Hey you...just a reminder to visit the Portland Farmers' Market this Saturday (Earthday!). I will be there, and I would love to meet you. See what's there (besides Dave's Killer Bread) at:

http://www.portlandfarmersmarket.org


Oh, and I want to thank everyone for making me feel good about what I do. Like this testimonial:

Dave,
We've been fans of your bread since you first showed up at the Portland Farmers market with it. I was skeptical of the claims but that first taste of Blues Bread put me straight. Its not a proper weeks' shopping until we've swung by your stand for a couple of loaves. It's worth the drive from Troutdale just for the bread.
Keep on keepin' on.
Tim, Ellen & Lucy

evolution of a killer bread truck sign

Bored drivers on I-5 from Portland to Eugene will soon be reporting sightings of Killer Bread trucks with pretty pix similar to the one here. (Shobi Dahl)


Here is an earlier mock-up.(Shobi Dahl)

The original "killer line-up" idea (below) was submitted by Betsy Levine, who won our "design a truck sign" contest late last year.

Here is a rendering from Ryan Alexander-Tanner(ohyesverynice.com) who also happens to be the DKB cartoon artist.

ask dave--the straight dope on canola oil

Occasionally, someone tells me that I should not use canola oil in my breads--that canola is "genetically modified" from rapeseed, which causes all sorts of problems when injested by humans. The truth is that since rapeseed (who would name their kid "rapeseed"? Can you imagine Dave's Killer Rapeseed Bread--made by a former armed robber and drug dealer?) historically contains a high percentage (30-60%) of erucic acid, which isn't a good thing. Through cross-breeding of plants (not genetic engineering), the erucic acid in this breed of rapeseed ("canola", a name the Canadians came up so they wouldn't have to say "rapeseed"--can you blame them?) is now under 1%.

Here are a few facts:

Some canola oil may in fact come from genetically-engineered crops. But NatureBake and Dave's only use non-GMO ingredients, and all of the canola oil that I use (for instance, in the ever-popular Blues Bread) is organic, just to be sure.

Canola oil is lower in saturated fat (about 6%) than any other oil.

It is one of the highest in monounsaturated fat, including Omega-3 (ALA).

sharing the mail again

Hey Dave:

I just ran across your Blues Bread at Fred Meyer and had to have it even if it sucked :-) Wow, really good bread; read your story, sure am glad you pulled out of such a bad life. I've never been a criminal or drug addict, but do have problems with anxiety/ depression and IBS, anti-depressants don't work on me, I must be wired wrong or something, but despite having to deal with anxiety on a daily basis somewhat I am very blessed in my life with a good woman, two incredible dogs and one awesome cat :-) What HAS helped me deal with anxiety and get over hurdles is EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, alot of IBS sufferers find it real useful as most of are the nervous types :-) Do a google search if you want to find out more, but basically its a simple technique that works with energy meridians through simple hand tapping on body points, you can do this yourself or through practitioners.
The reason I had to buy your Blues Bread is because music is my life.
I never became the guitar god I always wanted to but play pretty good and am super blessed to be living in the Portland area, all of my friends and social life are based around the jams around Portland, they are my "jam family" and wonderful friends. When we moved to Portland about 5 years ago I had no idea it was such an amazing music city, when I found that out I was in heaven, Portland is so unique and special , full of talented musicians in all areas of music. No place better. I've lived alot of places in my life too.
I make my living doing graphic design and mostly album packaging for the last 25 years, last five years I started making guitar pickups and alot of Portland's finest play my stuff now. I don't make much money doing that but its a love thing, check out my website and you'll hear alot of clips of guys you'll recognize. Life is
good :-) Dave

i couldn't have said it better

Dear Dave,

I read with interest your life story. For many years I worked in a psychiatric hospital in Adult Addictions and Dual Diagnosis. I have seen many people come in with their addictions doing all the talking and walk out thinking for themselves. It was eye opening to see how many of the dual diagnosis (that is addiction + mental illness) patients were really self-medicating as you did. Our staff believed that you can't even begin to work on and get understanding of the addiction until you work on the psychiatric problem.

I personally believe that we all have a time clock running in our lives and that a time does come when we are able to get a good look and say, "Enough!" By that I mean, we can say it, and really mean it and do it. But it's only a little door and not everyone opens it. Good, good for you. Congratulations.

Even though I'm an old hand at hearing these kinds of stories, I have to tell you, at the end I had tears running down my face. My good thoughts go with you for your continued health and success. I've seen your bread in the markets. Today I will buy some.

Best to you, Patti (last name withheld)

can anybody beat this one? (doubtful...)

Hi Dave!
I remember you saying the last time you were at the Corvallis co-op that you wanted people to cut up their T-shirts and send photos.
Here's a picture of my T-shirt, along with my favorite bread of yours:
Nuts and Grains.
I was thinking that you maybe you could make "DKB" bumper stickers like Dave Matthews Band makes "DMB" stickers. It could be a Northwest spinoff subculture. I don't know, just an idea.
Love the bread! See you next time at the co-op!
Sincerely,
Lisa

Got some stickers coming, Lisa. Hey, that's the best one of those shirts ever looked. Your-face-in-the-shot would be even better, but it's a great job of cutting the shirt, and an artistic shot. Well done! Please encourage others to do the same, 'k? Yours will really be tough to beat, but the more, the better. Thanks again!