After years of running Westchester's beloved Sourdough Scavenger Hunt, self-taught baker Chase Harnett and his wife Madison have put down roots in Croton with a brick-and-mortar bakery, the Hudson Oven, which opened in October.
the sun rises on sunday morning in new york, chase harnett is checking out how his breads are rising. what are we making today? well, we re going bake up about 60 loves of country loaf sour dough. reporter: sour dough is a little complicated to me, right? yeah, it is. it s about a 15-hour process total. reporter: a process also to get one. because on any given sunday, there is no telling where chase will lead them. part of the enjoyment for me of putting on this little scavenger hunt on sundays is i generally genuinely don t have a set location for it when i wake up in the morning. reporter: by 10:00 a.m., he selects a spot, sends out word, and the hunt is on. where? my first time finding it with bread in it. i raced out to find it before, but the bread was always gone. reporter: for those lucky enough to find the cabinet still stocked, it s pay what you wish. it s really good. reporter: a bargain considering how much work goes into sour dough. so three days and t