At one point in time, Max Tardiveau was in pursuit of the perfect bread and put his tasting notes online at San Francisco Bread Review.
The bread descriptions and reviews are thorough. Ranks the breads. Ranks the bakeries.
His top ranked bread is Bay Bread’s Walnut Boulot. Alas, his nibs does not like walnuts so I’ll probably never buy the bread.
Double alas that the most recent bread rating is May 2005.