Traders Turn Bakers in Pursuit of Life, Liberty and Bread

Traders, eyes fixed on their screens, might be forgiven for dreaming of another way to earn a crust. For two such professionals, that vision took the form of a loaf.

Tom Molnar, 46, who specialized in trading energy with Cargill Inc., helped create a bakery. Stephen Harrington, who worked in foreign exchange with Trade Development Bank, began more modestly, founding a baking school at his London home.