Reviving Those Rolls at The Reher Center

What's left of the recipe for Reher Bakery's "Bumpy Roll

What’s left of the recipe for Reher Bakery’s “Bumpy Roll

 

From the 1940’s through the 1970’s, Kingstonians from diverse cultures regularly converged on Reher’s Bakery on the Rondout after church to pick up fresh-baked rolls for breakfast.

The Reher Bakery has become the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History and on Sunday morning, March 14 th …for one day only… locals can relive the wonderful tastes and aromas of those times and reunite with the community that loved this humble bakery and kept it in business for nearly a century. Through the generous sponsorship of local bakeries (Adam’s Fairacre Farms, Boice Bros. Dairy, Bread Alone, Bread by Ellen, Cake Box Bakery, Grazianos’s Downtown Café, Half Moon Rondout Cafe, Meredith’s Breads (Gluten free options) and The Bakery New Paltz), Kingston neighbors can once again drop by the bakery to pick up fresh rolls and butter. (All NYS and County Gathering Guidelines will be followed.)

The Reher Family

The Reher Family

Then, at 3 PM, Sunday, at a special Zoom program, a taste-test panel of former Reher customers, Josie Waisbrot, alumna of the Culinary Institute of America and JT Pinna, baker at Half Moon Rondout Café,will share what made Reher’s rolls so special and how we might recreate them.


Reher Center Mural representing the iconic Reher Center rolls along with community interpretation.

Reher Center Mural representing the iconic Reher Center rolls along with community interpretation.

For a $25 ticket fee, participants will receive a bag of six assorted fresh-baked rolls with all proceeds going to support the Reher Center’s Grow out Gallery/Build our Bathroom campaign and the work of People’s Place to fight food insecurity in our community.

To register and receive information and options for roll pick up and Zoom link, visit, etc.

For a $25 ticket fee, participants will receive a bag of six assorted fresh-baked rolls with all proceeds going to support the Reher Center’s Grow out Gallery/Build our Bathroom campaign and the work of People’s Place to fight food insecurity in our community.

To register and receive information and options for roll pick up and Zoom link, visit https://www.rehercenter.org/events/#rrr