Dead, dead, and never called me mother
The thing about a sourdough mother is not that it needs looking after but that it brings forth life. And it doesn’t need a cute name to do so.
Tag: bread
Why I don’t like the Chorleywood Bread Process
I first visited the United States as a camp counsellor in Vermont. On my first or second day, trying to maintain some semblance of order at the dining table during lunch, one of the boys accidentally knocked over his cup of Kool Aid. Another boy reached for some slices of …
How great Canadian wheat ruined industrial bread The cheaper the flour, the more profitable the bread
George Weston created Garfield Weston, who created Allied Bakeries to improve British bread by selling more Canadian wheat. Then came the Chorleywood Bread Process.
Barges and bread A new book looks at London and the grain trade
Even before the Romans, grain arrived in what was to become London by water, and it continues to do so today, although the mechanics of the trade have changed beyond recognition. One of the last people to move grain by water upstream from London shares her experience and the history of moving grain by water.
Little bits of 2017: Part II Rachel Laudan on the rise and fall of white bread
Rachel Laudan on the rise and fall of white bread