Rich Tradition for Unsurpassed Quality
Serving the Organic Community and Beyond
Where Did Tofu Come From?
Our tofu is made from filtered water, non-GMO soybeans, and nigari, a natural coagulant extracted from seawater. For the past twenty-five years, our beans have been grown in upstate New York at Inverness Farm, owned and operated by Robert Crowe. We make our tofu rather firm but tender enough to have become a staple ingredient in everyday cooking for healthy vegetarians, vegans, and gourmets.
There is much well-deserved attention paid to locally produced food, which is somewhat reminiscent of the beginnings of the natural foods movement. We identify with food growers, chefs, food buyers, and food lovers from all points along the dining spectrum, and we welcome conversation.
How Is Tofu Made?
Slowly, mostly by hand, it would seem that this arduous process would have to change if we wanted to grow. Yet after some reflection and many comments and compliments, it became clear that this was the very process that was responsible for the artisan quality and full-flavored taste of our Bridge tofu. It can feel like a lot of work, but we never seem to tire of it.
The mechanics of making tofu are startlingly simple, even if daunting when viewed on our scale. We encourage you to stop by and see us if you're ever in the neighborhood!
The Bridge Story
More than twenty-five years ago, a community began to form in Middletown based in part around the Good Harvest Food Cooperative. Local folks came to study macrobiotic cooking and philosophy with two of the founders of The Bridge, William and Joan Spear. Shortly thereafter, Roberto Marrocchessi arrived from Italy by way of Boston and Cleveland with a very essential skill: how to make tofu. Though many more folks spent time with us along the way working and learning, like Michio and Aveline Kushi, a few of us chose to stay and make tofu our livelihood.
Natural foods have become an integral part of the American food shoppers' experience everywhere, and you, the consumer, are the real reason for that. You will never know how much we appreciate our customers' role in the success of The Bridge over the last quarter century. So thank you to everyone—vegan, vegetarian, macrobiotic, chef, meat eater looking for an alternative, and anyone else who put our tofu or seitan into their shopping carts!
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What Customers Are Saying About Our Tofu
The Bridge isn't a natural market, but... 25 years making tofu, you know they do it right!
We are lucky to have a local producer of great tofu - as well as seitan and tofu salad. A lot of healthy restaurants around here use bridge tofu exclusively and recently their tofu has been showing up in local Whole Foods.
Ronald S.
Middletown, CT
Their Organic Tofu Salad is absolutely delicious.
I have it for lunch or dinner, more than a few times a week. I serve it on bread, roll, or toast with lettuce and tomato. It's so good that you can eat it alone, or atop a salad. I'm so addicted. It would also be perfect as a dip for apps.
Camille M.
Providence, RI
Bridge tofu should be presented on a golden pedestal, perhaps with a little velvet curtain.
It deserves more than this dry description. All tofu is colorless blobs, and yet there is no equal.
Jessica A.
Medford, MA
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