This great piece in the New York Times from a few years ago offers a Kneading Conference 2009 preview. You can make the jump to the article here, or if you’re not yet familiar with the Kneading Conference, you can read more about it here or see Maine Wood Heat’s pictures from this past summer here and here.

Briefly, the Conference is all about reviving local wheat cultivation, wood burning ovens and traditional baking. Here at Maine Wood Heat, we’re founding partners in the event and we provide several Le Panyol wood fired ovens for the country’s best bakers to use in workshops. Next year (2009) Dan Wing, author of “The Bread Builders”–the seminal book on the history of wood burning ovens and the establishment of the artisan baking movement in the U.S.–will be a featured presenter at the Kneading Conference.

Read the article, buy the book, and keep tabs on more Kneading Conference 2009 developments here at mainewoodheat.com and at kneadingconference.org.