Culinary SOS: How to make the date nut slices at Lodge Bread in Culver City

Lodge Bread was happy to share the recipe. "We feature dates on a lot of menu items here at Lodge," says Alexander Phaneuf, who co-owns the bakery with Or Amsalam. "We both have a love of dates. I grew up in the Coachella Valley and have so many fond memories of playing in the date fields as a kid and eating a lot of dates." After tossing around a number of ideas, the pair tasked pastry chef Julia Webb with creating a date cake. "It's been on the menu a long time, and we can't take it off. It's super popular," he says.

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