Rising Interest
According to news reports from the early days of the pandemic, flour became a seriously scarce commodity for a while.
I didn’t notice. The same two bags have probably been sitting in my kitchen since we moved in five years ago. I have two because I invariably forgot the other existed and bought some (more) for a particular recipe – which assuredly wasn’t bread, the cause of everyone else’s bulk buys.
I love fresh bread, but the rise of bread-baking in America somewhat surprised me. Perhaps that is because I prefer to eat it. Or perhaps it’s because I favor the less rigid methods of cooking as opposed to baking.
Still, I can see why so many would turn to baking in the midst of such uncertainty. There is structure in the process and comfort in the outcome.
Read on for some tips, or inspiration.
– Jennifer Bardoner, editor