In this thesis, through a vernacular understanding of design, I seek the role of baking as a method to physically and visually connect us to a more integrated and origin-aware relationship to food. The project is positioned in relation to today’s lack of knowledge of food production as well as the lack of communal spaces to exchange this knowledge in an urban context. By researching the Swedish rural folk interior and the kitchen of the welfare state, I explore the aesthetics of baking and its needs. I see the potential in how aesthetics can act as a motivational force and threshold reducer. This project is an investigation of how to reduce the distance between agriculture and the city with a focus on baking through engaging architecture.