There is a smell that rewires your brain the moment it reaches you, warm, yeasty, and slightly sweet in a way that makes every other plan you had for the afternoon feel suddenly negotiable.
Cuban bread does that. It has been doing that in Florida for over a century, and the best bakeries in the state are still pulling it off with the kind of consistency that borders on unfair.
What makes great Cuban bread so specific is also what makes it so easy to ruin. The crust has to shatter…