Not all baguettes are created equal. Avoid loaves with Braille-like dots. Photo: AFP
Look for taste, smell, appearance, doneness and bread texture.
For hours on a Parisian spring afternoon, a panel of judges tore, chewed, sniffed and inspected hundreds of baguettes before pronouncing a single baton the best of the bunch.
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