Breaking Bread: How Baking Shaped Our World [Hardcover]

‘An amazing book.’– Dan Lepard 
 
‘The rich and fascinating story of bread.’– Lily Vanilli 
 
‘A brilliant, timely and important book full of compassion.’– Olia Hercules 
 
‘A fascinating exploration of our universal love of bread. David traces the past, present and future of bread through his personal lens as a third generation baker.’– Edd Kimber 
 
Discover the story behind the world’s most essential food inBreaking Bread.  
 
Third generation baker, food writer and presenter David Wright examines theuniversal questions about bread and baking. Is bread good or bad? And what does its future hold? 
 
Bread is more than a staple; it is a mirror ofour story, our health, our very being. Every civilisation has a form of bread, and how we create, make and bake it, how we sell it and buy it, our food security, our access to it, affects everything.
 
Breaking Breadprovides a unique look into these themes, including: 

• The craft and sciencebehind creating, making and baking bread. 
• Bread’s journey through history, from ancient rituals to modern revolutions. 
• The health debate:why bread divides opinionand what science reveals. 
• Industrial vs artisan baking: economics, ethics and the fight for quality. 
• Thepolitics and power of breadin shaping societies and conflicts. 
• How bread connects toreligion, identity and cultural traditions. 
• Expert insightsfrom leading bakers, food writers, farmers and campaigners. 
• A vision for the future:can bread surviveand thrive in a changing world? 

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