Inside America’s First ‘Best Baguette’ Competition

And the winner is: carbs.
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In 1961, there was no bread in New York City. At least not according to chef André Soltner, who that year came to the U.S. to open Lutèce, a beacon of French cuisine on Manhattan's east side for more than 40 years until it closed in 2004.

Now Soltner's surrounded by bread.