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

March 25: Sourdough 101 *sold out*

April 8: Community Bake

April 16: Indaba

Visit our events page for more details.

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Jewish deli rye, one of my faves! Brings back lots

Jewish deli rye, one of my faves! Brings back lots of good memories at @brentsdeli while visiting family in LA😊

Pickup is tonight from 5-7 pm. See y’all soon!

✨INDABA✨APRIL 16✨ We invite you to join an

✨INDABA✨APRIL 16✨

We invite you to join an Indaba - a collaborative, interactive community gathering in which we ideate a program to support our mission to co-create a food industry that dismantles patriarchy and builds stronger communities.

Kuluntu’s approach is always to work from and with people, centering people, communities and the environment throughout program development, implementation and evaluation. During the session we will brainstorm, ideate and identify program goals and priorities together.

Everyone’s voice is important and all are invited — community members, customers, food & beverage folks, anyone and everyone! Link in bio for all the details and to sign up.

We’re back from our week off and ready to bake f

We’re back from our week off and ready to bake for y’all🤗 We’ll be baking up sourdough loaves and pastries for our Thursday bake.

Preorders are open on our website from now until Monday 10 am. Pickup is on Thursday from 5-7 pm (or porch pickup after).

This week’s menu:
- Country Sour
- Jewish Deli Rye Sour
- Pain au Chocolat
- Cape Spiced Sticky Bun
- Pistachio Blossom Croissant Knot
- Cheesy Artichoke & Leek Bun
- Kuluntu's Granola

See y’all at pickup tonight from 5-7 pm! As a

See y’all at pickup tonight from 5-7 pm!

As a reminder, we are taking a break next week. It has been a hectic (but wonderful!) start to the year, and we need to refuel a bit. Our next bake will be on March 23.

Happy International Women’s Day💛 This year

Happy International Women’s Day💛

This year has been a difficult fight for women as we’ve watched many of our rights be systematically stripped away, but I’m grateful to be fighting alongside these powerful women and many others. Sending love out to every woman, today and every day.

Saturday’s Community Bake was everything we hope

Saturday’s Community Bake was everything we hoped and envisioned it to be. Thank y’all for showing up, building community and sharing the love💛

We can’t wait for the next one!

Tomorrow’s the Community Bake, and we can’t wa

Tomorrow’s the Community Bake, and we can’t wait to see y’all!

Come on by from 10 am-12 pm and head to the backyard (follow the signs). Our address can be found on Google or all the maps.

In addition to pickup for preordered pastry boxes, we’ll have a limited amount of the following available, first come, first served:
- country sours
- cinnamon rolls w/ browned butter cream cheese frosting
- mieliepap & rooibos cake slice
- lemon curd kouign amann

We invite you to enjoy your pastries in our backyard and engage in our community art project. We’ll be serving Koesisters and cold brew. Please BYOmug!

See y’all in the morning😎

What a marvelous night at last Saturday’s Ubuntu

What a marvelous night at last Saturday’s Ubuntu Supper Club🇿🇦✨ Thank you to our new friends who dined, shared and laughed with us. Our hearts are so full!

Our next Ubuntu Supper Club will likely be in early summer. Stay tuned for the ticket release.

✨Meet the Kuluntu Team✨ Introducing Elizabeth

✨Meet the Kuluntu Team✨

Introducing Elizabeth Perini, Kuluntu’s Bakery Assistant! Liz joined our team at the beginning of February. Her warmth, curiosity and passion for baking and social justice have been an incredible addition to our team, and we’re so happy to be working alongside her!

Elizabeth returned to her hometown of Dallas in the mid-2000’s after moving to Northern California with her mom at age twelve. She studied Art and Sociology at University of California, San Diego. She’s a Jack of all trades, who’s worked with a Thai chef, an Italian sculptor, a New York art dealer, Dallas food truckers, and now, a baker in Oak Cliff.

She’s into making modern quilts, reading cookbooks, fighting for reproductive justice and is a proud Election Judge in Dallas county. She lives with two dogs, Buster and Ruby. Her favorite Kuluntu bake is a mini baguette.

If you haven’t met Liz yet, she’ll be at Saturday’s Community Bake, so please give her a warm welcome💛 @lizmathile

Preorders are live for our Community Bake next Sat

Preorders are live for our Community Bake next Saturday! We’ve been working hard to put this together and can’t wait to share the morning with y’all.

To order, head to the link in bio. Orders close on Monday at 10 am. Additional details can be found in the pinned post on our feed. Here’s what we’re offering:

~ Small Pastry Box ~
• Ham & Cheddar Croissant
• Lemon Curd Kouign Amann
• Almond & Citrus Croissant
• Mieliepap & Rooibos Tea Cake (GF)

~ Large Pastry Box ~
• Ham & Cheddar Croissant
• Pain au Chocolat
• Almond & Citrus Croissant
• Mieliepap & Rooibos Tea Cake (GF)
• Chelsea Bun w/ Earl Grey Glaze
• Creamed Kale, Potato & Cheddar Brioche Bun

Additional items offered day of (First come, first serve. No preorder):
• Cinnamon rolls w/ browned butter cream cheese
• Country sours

*Set your alarm* Preorders for our first Community

*Set your alarm* Preorders for our first Community Bake go live TOMORROW (Friday) at 10 am!

All details can be found in the slides above. If you have any questions, please reach out. For those in our email list, you will get an email tomorrow when orders are live.

Please note that we will not be baking on the Thursdays before our Community Bakes.

We’re excited to see y’all next Saturday!

It’s bread week for our Thurs bake and preorders

It’s bread week for our Thurs bake and preorders are live!

This week’s menu (short but sweet)
- country sour
- seedy sour
- caramelized onion focaccia square

Preorders close Monday at 10 pm.

Please note! Our preorder window will be changing to Friday 10 am-Monday 10 am. This will allow us to get a head start on prep and organizing for larger bakes like our a Community Bake. Preorder emails will now arrive in your inbox on Friday at 10 am instead of Saturday!

Next week, we’ll be transitioning into our new b

Next week, we’ll be transitioning into our new baking schedule which means we’ll only be offering bread for our Thursday bake.

This also means that we’re getting closer to our first Community Bake on March 4th! We’re fine tuning all the details, but I thought I’d share a few (brain dump below):

- We’ll have two preorder options for pastry boxes - a small box (4 pastries) and large box (6 pastries). This will allow us to streamline all of our production. I’ll also share freezing tips soon for those who want to stock up!

- We’ll offer a few à la carte pastries, desserts and sourdough loaves on the day. First come, first serve on those items.

- Self serve cold brew will be served on the house while supplies last. In order to reduce single use cups, we ask that you BYOmug☕️

- We’re planning to fry up some South African koesisters for y’all to try. Koesisters are a Cape Malay spiced donut that’s often eaten for breakfast with tea.

- As long as the weather is good, our backyard will be open for you to enjoy your baked goods and get to know community members.

- Children and families are welcome, and we will have some sidewalk chalk for them to play with, as well as a community art project for all to engage with.

Above all, we are trying to create an intentional space for people to gather, build community and have fun! We plan to get input from y’all as this concept develops and grows.

We hope that you’ll join us and are as excited as we are! Feel free to reach out with any questions.

It’s bake day!! See y’all at pickup from 5-7 p

It’s bake day!! See y’all at pickup from 5-7 pm🤗

P.S. we’ll have sourdough loaves & pastries at @labodegaoakcliff from 4-8 pm.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope your day is filled w

Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope your day is filled with all types of love- friendship, romantic, familial and self😘

Our preorder menu is live for our Thursday pickup🤗 Preorder is open until Monday at 10 pm or until we sell out. Pickup is on Thurs 5-7 pm or porch pickup afterwards at our cottage bakery.

The week after this coming one, we will only be baking bread, so this is the last chance to snag some pastries before our Community Bake on March 4.

This week’s menu:
- Country Sour
- Rooibos, Cherry & Cacao Nib Sour
- Blood Orange Glazed Croissant Knot
- Almond & Raspberry Croissant
- Pistachio & Rose Cake Slice
- Dark Chocolate, Rose & Olive Oil Tartlet
- Kuluntu's Granola

Head to the link in bio to order!

Introducing our latest initiative…. ✨Kuluntu

Introducing our latest initiative…. ✨Kuluntu Community Bake✨

We’re shaking things up and are thrilled to share this new initiative and our new baking schedule.

On the first Saturday morning of the month, we will be doing a BIG pastry bake and open up our backyard for a more communal experience. We invite you to enjoy your pastries in our backyard, sip some coffee and get to know fellow community members. We’ll also have creative activities for kids and adults.

You are also welcome to simply pickup your pastries and go, as you normally would!

This concept has been floating around in our minds since we moved into our house a few years ago, and we’re excited to finally be doing it! Even more excited to spend more intentional time with y’all, instead of a quick hello and goodbye at pickup.

Our new baking schedule will be:
- 1st Saturday of the month: Community Bake (lots of pastries, limited bread)
- 2nd Thurs of the month: bread bake
- 3rd Thurs of the month: bread & pastry bake
- 4th Thurs of the month: bread bake

This schedule change will also allow us to focus more energy on our nonprofit work and working towards our goal of opening a community-centered bakery.

I’ll be sending out more info as we get close, for now, save the date for our first one on March 4. Hope y’all are as excited as we are!

Rooibos, cherry & cacao nib sours🫶 See y’all

Rooibos, cherry & cacao nib sours🫶 See y’all tonight at pickup from 5-7 pm! We’ll have some extra pastries at @labodegaoakcliff from 4-8 pm.

Our dear friend and board member @r.little.alley b

Our dear friend and board member @r.little.alley began her maternity leave. We can’t wait to meet Baby Tess! We’re sending lots of love and good energy during this big life change💓

Wowzers, it has been a hectic week and day! It’s

Wowzers, it has been a hectic week and day! It’s been one of our busiest weeks and the weather gave us a number of challenges. We made it through our first round of pickups today and have one more pickup from 4-6 pm.

I have several orders that haven’t been picked up from this morning, so head on over when you can. See the rest of y’all in a first hours! You can also snag some baked goods at @labodegaoakcliff until 3 pm.

Thanks for all the love and support! Yay for sunshine and warmer weather☀️

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