Kuluntu Bakery | Building community through baking & breaking bread

Kuluntu Bakery seeks to co-create a food system and industry that dismantles patriarchy.

When we center marginalized voices, we build stronger communities.

We are a nonprofit cottage bakery located in Oak Cliff near Bishop Arts District.

All events, workshops, and order pickups will take place at our home. Preorder required.

Upcoming Events

February 12: Virtual Focus Group for Food Industry Professionals

February 25: Ubuntu Supper Club *sold out*

March 25: Sourdough 101 *sold out*

April 16: Indaba *save the date!*

Visit our events page for more details.

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Help us co-create a more equitable food industry i

Help us co-create a more equitable food industry in DFW by sharing your voice in a virtual focus group for local food industry professionals on February 12 from 3-4:30 pm CT (RSVP at link in bio).

The purpose of this focus group and other aspects of our community-centric program development process is to ideate possible program ideas to co-create an equitable food industry with and from people.

Thus far, we have interviewed, surveyed or dialogued with 75 stakeholders to help us learn and grow. During this focus group, we will build on this knowledge by discussing issues and sharing personal experiences that can lead to systemic change.

Kuluntu’s approach is grounded in centering individuals, communities and the environment throughout program development, implementation and evaluation. We strive to build change from the roots of injustice, working with and not for communities.

To learn more about our process, please visit the Our Process section (under “About”) of our website.

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How to get our baked goods🥐🥖🍞

We bake every Thursday with pickup that evening from 5-7 pm (or porch pickup afterwards) at our cottage bakery in Oak Cliff near Bishop Arts.

You can place your order on our website under Order>Thursday Bake. We offer a rotating menu, so every week is different, but we always have sourdough loaves and pastries/desserts.

The ordering window is from Saturday 10 am to Monday 10 pm (or when items sell out). You will receive an email confirmation. If you don’t see it, check your spam folder.

If you would like to join our email list, we will send out an email when our menu goes live (Sat @ 10 am). Link in bio to sign up!

We also have extra baked goods at @labodegaoakcliff from 4-8 pm on Thursday, first come first serve!

Hopefully that answers any questions, but if you have more, feel free to reach out. Looking forward to seeing y’all on Thursday💫💫

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Still pinching myself that we are a James Beard Semifinalist for Outstanding Bakery🥹

Kuluntu Bakery began as a little seed of a vision back in 2014, to open a nonprofit bakery focused on gender justice. Ever since then, we’ve nurtured and watered this seed, holding it dear, because we believed deep down that this could be something really special. While our roots are deep, the true transformative work is just getting started.

We are so grateful to the @beardfoundation for this nomination. To be a nonprofit cottage bakery alongside giants in the industry, is still something I’m trying to process. Thank you for recognizing our baked goods and our mission to co-create a food industry that dismantles patriarchy and builds stronger communities.

Thank you to our small but very mighty team and everyone who has volunteered their efforts to build this. I may do most of the baking, but they are the backbone and the constant cheerleaders.

Thank you to this community. For being hungry for our baked goods and for supporting Kuluntu’s heart and soul. This is a win for all of us. Excited and honored to be on this journey with you❤️

Our preorder menu closes tonight at 10 pm, and it’s the perfect chilly week to warm up with some malva pudding!

Malva pudding is my favorite South African dessert. It’s a caramelized and gooey sponge cake with a hit of apricot. This week, we’re topping it with rooibos poached pears. Serve warm (and if you want to go all out, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream😚)

This week’s menu:
- Country Sour
- Honey, Cinnamon & Raisin Sour
- Orange Blossom & Olive Oil Challah Knot
- Milk Tart & Candied Naartjie Croissant Knot
- Malva Pudding w/ Rooibos Poached Pears
- Ham & Cheese Croissant
- Granola

Pickup on Thursday 5-7 pm (or porch pickup afterwards) at our cottage bakery near Bishop Arts.

Fun day of sourdough🤗 Thanks so much to these l

Fun day of sourdough🤗 Thanks so much to these lovely folks for spending the day baking with Kuluntu!

Our March class is sold out. We’ll announce our April Sourdough 101 in the coming weeks!

2023 is a year of new beginnings for Kuluntu. Las

2023 is a year of new beginnings for Kuluntu.

Last fall, we announced that we became a nonprofit organization. While many things are moving behind the scenes, I haven’t done the best job communicating our mission-related work with y’all.

Truthfully, I was dealing with some pretty significant personal issues throughout the fall, and I was just trying to get through the weekly bake. It’s a new year, I’m in a better place, and our team has some very exciting changes and community events that we’re working on.

One of my professional goals this year is to bring our nonprofit work to the forefront and better marry it with the baking. Bread has always been a symbol and a vehicle for change in our eyes, and that’s what we plan to focus on.

Good things take time, deep thought, energy, intention, and partnership. Thank you for being on this journey with us💛

✨Meet the Kuluntu Team✨ Introducing someone y

✨Meet the Kuluntu Team✨

Introducing someone you probably already know, Warren Leichtle-Chalklen, Kuluntu’s board member and Stephanie’s partner.

Warren is a passionate advocate for equity and justice. He is from the country currently known as (CCKA) South Africa (more on that below) and is committed to co-creating liberatory spaces with and under the leadership of African people on the continent, and here in the CCKA the United States of America. His scholarship, teaching and advocacy is underpinned by his lived experiences growing up in a mixed race family in segregated contexts, his teaching in global settings, and his contact with radical Ubuntu as a way of life. He loves Kuluntu's pain au chocolat!

Note: The word South Africa is a colonial paradigm which invokes racial, gendered and class based hierarchies (apartheid). We have not been able to build a "new South Africa", that is equitable, inclusive and socially just, from within this colonial imagination. The process of re-imagining, of breaking from the practices of the past, problematizes the current. By using the country currently known as South Africa (CCKA SA), we honor and work in community with the activists who dare us to imagine a post colonial country and world.

Warren is currently working on a book diving into these concepts and how it relates to his schooling experience and the educational system in South Africa. We’re grateful for all that he shares with our team!

Our preorder menu is live, and we’ve got more ci

Our preorder menu is live, and we’ve got more citrus specialities heading your way!

This week’s menu:
- Country Sour
- Jewish Deli Rye Sour
- Potato & Herb Sourdough Focaccia
- Cape Spiced Sticky Bun
- Olive Oil, Ginger & Grapefruit Cake Slice
- Almond & Citrus Croissant
- Kuluntu's Granola

Preorders close on Monday at 10 pm. Pickup is on Thursday from 5-7 pm (or porch pickup after) at our cottage bakery near Bishop Arts. You can also snag our baked goods @labodegaoakcliff on Thurs from 4-8 pm!

Have a wonderful weekend🌞

Join us in baking and breaking bread this year✨

Join us in baking and breaking bread this year✨

We are hosting an event every month at our cottage bakery, rotating between our Sourdough 101 class and our Ubuntu Supper Club.

Upcoming Events:
- Jan 21 Sourdough 101 *sold out*
- Feb 25 Ubuntu Supper Club
- March 25 Sourdough 101

We love hosting these small group events because it gives us a chance to engage with our community and share some of the Kuluntu spirit. Hope you can join us! To purchase a ticket, head to the website and click on Events.

First bake of 2023, and we’re serving up our fav

First bake of 2023, and we’re serving up our fave key lime pie!

Preorders are open on the website and close on Monday at 10 pm. Pickup is on Thursday near Bishop Arts from 5-7 pm (or porch pickup after).

Excited to be back at @labodegaoakcliff this week with baked goods available first come, first serve on Thurs 4-8 pm.

This week’s menu:
- Country Sour
- Seedy Sour
- Pain au Chocolat
- Spicy Ginger & Pear Kouign Amann
- Key Lime Pie
- Caramelized Onion, Roasted Grape & Goat Cheese Galette
- Kuluntu's Autumn Granola

Hi friends! After a restful break, we are back to

Hi friends! After a restful break, we are back to baking this coming week🙌

Ordering/Pickup Details👇
Preorders open tomorrow (Saturday) at 10 am and close on Monday at 10 pm. Pickup is at our cottage bakery near Bishop Arts on Thursday from 5-7 pm. And we’ll have baked goods at @labodegaoakcliff first come, first serve on Thurs from 4-8 pm!

It’s citrus season, so get ready for a month full of 🍋🍊

Happy New Year💫 We hope you’ve had a peaceful

Happy New Year💫 We hope you’ve had a peaceful transition into the new year (we sure have, which is why this post comes several days into 2023).

2022 was a year of trying to find some balance amid personal, professional and organizational growth. It was also a year of finally reconvening in-person gatherings, and we’re grateful for all those who joined us for a sourdough class or Ubuntu supper club. We also announced Kuluntu’s structural change to a nonprofit organization, which we’re thrilled to lean into more this year.

We have some exciting changes on the way as we continue to develop and spread our wings, using bread as our vehicle for change as we work to create a more just food system and stronger communities💛

P.S. We’ll be back to baking next week! Preorders will go live on Saturday, 1/7 at 10 am for our Thursday bake.

We’re a few days late, but hope y’all had a ve

We’re a few days late, but hope y’all had a very merry Christmas🌟

The week between Christmas and New Years is something I cherish. It feels like time slows down a bit. Many people are able to take off work (sending love to those who can’t), families and friends are still in town, and days feel less hurried.

The holiday season is such a stressful time for those in the food & hospitality industry. We push push push until we can finally cross the finish line, which for us is Christmas. It’s a labor of love, and it brings us so much joy to bake for you. And now, it’s time to rest.

We’re taking this week and next to relax and reground ourselves after a very full, hectic year.

Our next bake day will be on Thurs, January 12 and orders for that will go live on Fri, January 7.

Wishing you a peaceful end to 2022💛

⚡️last minute cinnamon roll giveaway⚡️ We

⚡️last minute cinnamon roll giveaway⚡️

We have an extra order of cinnamon rolls so let’s do a giveaway! As we close out the year, I’m thinking of all the people (so many of y’all!) who have been there for me this year, who made me feel seen.

So, to enter, tag someone who has made you feel supported and special this year and share something nice about them💖

Cinnamon rolls will be available for pickup today from 4-6 pm or tomorrow during the day. Entries close today at 2 pm, so tag away (there’s no limit).

Our holiday bake is always a special and personal

Our holiday bake is always a special and personal one for me.

Twisting and shaping our babka allows me to connect with my Jewish ancestors, who I’m sure made a mean babka.

Dusting the cinnamon on the milk tart, using Warren’s granny’s doily as a stencil, makes me think of her and how lucky we are to have her in our lives.

The gingerbread cake is one I’ve been making every year since we lived in New York, which brings me back to the magic of NY at Christmas time.

Putting together our South African Treat Box reminds me of the many home videos that Warren’s family has shared of them playing in the pool and braaing on Christmas Day.

We are so grateful to share a piece of our family with you. Thank you for your enthusiasm, love, support, kindness and generosity💛

Holiday Pickup Info:

Thurs, Dec 22 12-6 pm:
This pickup is only for those who selected a treat or cookie box for this pickup day. Please double check your email confirmation.

Friday, Dec 23, 4-6 pm:
Pickup for our full holiday menu, which will be the pickup day for most of y’all.

Last call for holiday orders, friends! Our preorde

Last call for holiday orders, friends! Our preorder closes tomorrow (Thursday) at 10 am. Link in bio to order.

Thank you so much to all those who have placed an order. We love baking for y’all and being part of your holiday festivities❤️🌟

Hi friends! I’m sad to share that I have to canc

Hi friends! I’m sad to share that I have to cancel next week’s bake due to some unforeseen events we’re dealing with😣

Our Holiday Bake the following week will be our last bake of the year, and we’ve got lots of goodies for your celebration. Preorders close this Thursday, December 15 at 10 am. All details can be found at the link in bio.

We will be taking some time off in January (this fall has been a doozy for us personally), so be sure to stock up on bread at our holiday bake.

Lastly, we are delighted to add one more menu item for our Holiday Bake — the Big Cookie Gathering Box by Afters Baking. Afters Baking is an Oak Cliff cottage bakery run by Kuluntu’s bakery assistant and Oak Cliff native, Ashley Brooks @ashlafbro. She offers homestyle, comfort cookies & treats with a modern twist. You can order the box on our website (link in bio). Follow along at @aftersbaking 💛

Pickup is this evening from 5-7 pm! We’ll be dro

Pickup is this evening from 5-7 pm! We’ll be dropping off pecan pie croissants, gingerbread cake slices and rosemary focaccia at @labodegaoakcliff around 4 pm.

Baking up lots of bread today! My fridge is on the fritz and taking forever to cool down, so we have a few over proofed loaves. But bread is bread, it’s a living thing that we only have so much control of. And it’s still damn tasty. Such is life✨

Excited for y’all to try our new cinnamon spice

Excited for y’all to try our new cinnamon spice babka! We’re using a naturally leavened brioche with swirls of brown sugar, cinnamon, orange zest and a pinch of cardamom. When it comes out of the oven, it gets glazed with maple syrup.

This item is on our holiday menu with pickup on Dec 23. We’re accepting orders on our website (link in bio) until Dec 15. Don’t miss out of this one!

Our Holiday preorder is live🎄🌟🕎 We’re

Our Holiday preorder is live🎄🌟🕎

We’re thrilled to bake up a very special menu for y’all this holiday season with some South African favorites and baked goods for whatever holiday you are celebrating this year. We hope you find something that excites you and your loved ones!

We will have two pickup days: Thurs, 12/22 for our South African Holiday Treat Box only. And Fri, 12/23 for our full menu. All of the ordering and pickup details are on the website (link in bio).

We are so grateful for your support this holiday season. Every purchase supports our mission to co-create a food industry and system that dismantles patriarchy and builds stronger communities💛

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