Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: King Arthur Baking Company — Fairfax, VA Pop Up Store
Fairfax Corner, 11948 Grand Commons Ave, Fairfax, VA 22030
Join King Arthur Baking Company and the Common Grain Alliance for an evening of conversation, community, and craft at King Arthur’s pop-up store in Fairfax, Virginia. Renowned professional bakers Tara Jensen and Martin Philip will share their expertise in an informal Q&A session, where attendees can ask questions, exchange insights, and explore the art of baking. Plus, enjoy a tasting of freshly baked goods that highlight the flavor and quality of regional grains. Whether you're a home baker or a seasoned professional, this is a chance to learn from the experts, savor exceptional breads and pastries, and deepen your connection to the regional grain movement.
Register below! Advanced registration is required.
About Martin Philip
Martin Philip is an award-winning baker and author. Recently he co-authored the #1 New York Times best seller, The Big Book of Bread (Simon Element, 2024) for the King Arthur Baking Company. Previously, his critically acclaimed book, Breaking Bread: A Baker’s Journey Home in 75 Recipes (HarperCollins, 2017), is a Wall Street Journal best seller and was chosen as the best cookbook of 2018 by the New York Book Industry Guild.
A native of the Arkansas Ozarks, he is a sought-after voice in the world of bread and baking and was named to the list of Top 25 Baking Educators and Mentors in America by Bake magazine. He has taught for the Bread Bakers Guild of America, the New England Culinary Institute, Johnson and Wales University, the Kneading Conference, the Grain Gathering, and the King Arthur Baking School. As a lecturer and presenter, he has appeared at Tufts University, Yale University, Dartmouth College, the Bread Lab, and the International Symposium on Bread.
Martin’s interest in baking is deeply tied to the intersection of food and community. From baking in the rural Dominican Republic to time with organizations such as Hot Bread Kitchen and Homeboy Industries, he has consistently used food as a means of outreach and connection. Martin’s project in 2018, The Baker Maker Roadshow, garnered attention as he bicycled through rural Arkansas, cold-called homes, played his banjo, and baked biscuits for strangers. A lover of words and craft, his hobby essay and recipe project, The Sassafras Curio, can be found on Substack.
About Tara Jensen
Tara Jensen is an award-winning baker, sought after baking instructor and author of two baking books, A Baker’s Year (St. Martins, 2018) and most recently, Flour Power (Potter 2020), listed as one of the Washington Post’s top 10 cookbooks of 2022. Tara has a third a third book, Pizza Practice, due out by Chronicle Spring 2026. Her breads, pizzas, pies, and pastry have been featured in Bon Appetite, Food & Wine and she was named one of Southern Living’s chefs of the year in 2021. Jensen hosts monthly, in person baking workshops featuring her mobile, wood fired oven, along with virtual classes on everything from bread to pies and pizza. She writes a bi-weekly baking focused newsletter to over 9,000 subscribers and posts fun baking content to over 109k Instagram followers @bakerhands.
Common Grain Alliance has received a Chesapeake Bay Foundation Capacity Building grant to support our 2025 events. This funding is possible with support from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Chesapeake Bay Program, Chesapeake Bay Funders Network, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.