Farm to Loaf
Sourdough Bakery

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At A Simpler Past, we believe in the power of good food to bring people together. Our handcrafted sourdough bread and pastries are baked with care, using carefully selected ingredients to create a delicious and wholesome experience that's perfect for your family table. It's more than just bread—it's a celebration of our community, baked fresh for you.

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Things We Bake

From rustic sourdough loaves to buttery, flaky croissants, we specialize in perfecting the art of a great bake.

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A loaf of bread on a wooden cutting board, a slice of bread with butter and herbs on a plate, a small bowl of grated cheese, and sprigs of herbs and small berries on a dark surface.
A croissant on a wooden serving board with strawberries beside it, a baking tray with more croissants and berries, a bowl of flour, a tea infuser, a rolling pin, and some berries and foliage decorate the light blue surface.
A loaf of bread with a slice cut, showing a dense and crumbly interior, placed in front of the whole loaf on a dark surface with some rosemary sprigs nearby.
Freshly baked croissants and a pain au chocolat cooling on a wire rack.
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Two hands holding a slice of multigrain bread and a croissant.

Our Roots

Welcome to a Simpler Past, nestled at the serene end of the Newaukum Valley in Chehalis, Washington, where we are crafting a sustainable lifestyle with our own hands, driven by a vision for a better world.

Our commitment is to bring back the honest, time-honored craft of real, healthy sourdough bread.

Product Highlight:
Purple Sweet Potato Loaf

  • Crafted with simple, organic ingredients like stone-ground white flour, purple sweet potatoes, and our sourdough culture, this bread offers more than just great taste. The purple sweet potato adds a unique chewiness (and a beautiful purple color!), while a slow, 24-hour fermentation process develops a rich flavor and makes the nutrients more available, creating a truly wholesome loaf. (2 lbs)

  • Place your order by 8 p.m. Wednesday and pick up your fresh loaf on Thursday between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Shona’s Food Company in downtown Chehalis.

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Raw croissants on a baking tray inside an oven or cooling rack.
Stacks of round, woven bamboo steamers with cloth liners, stored against a wall.
A person using a tool to score and cut a round loaf of bread dusted with flour, with several other loaves on a wooden surface.
Unbaked bread loaves in plastic trays on a surface
A person sifting flour through a metal sieve into a bowl, wearing a brown apron and a blue shirt with red dots.
Round loaf of sourdough bread with concentric rings, placed on a wooden cutting board; two slices cut from the loaf and placed on a gray surface, with small green herbs scattered around.