Breaking Bread by David Wright

Breaking Bread How Baking Shaped Our World by David Wright

Breaking Bread by David Wright

Written by third generation baker David Wright, Breaking Bread, How baking shaped our world is a thought provoking book.

Through this book David looks at not only his on relationship with bread and the bread making industry, he also tells the stories of those who make bread, sell bread as well as dieticians and doctors to give us a warts and all delve into  the bread making industry.

Breaking Bread by David Wright

He looks at how bread is an essential part of human history, from social bonds to social standing.  It’s clear, through his writing, that David is passionate about bread and the baking industry.  He delves into the various methods of bread making and how bread has been used to not only control resources but people.

The main question he asks if the closure of  his family business underlines the very idea that bread is a dying foodstuff?

Inside the book are contributions from a wide range of  individuals from Dan Lepard – Baker & Writer  to Tim Williams – Regenerative Farmer  and many more giving their own thoughts on the bread making scene.

Chapters include:
1 Why Bread? – Creating, making, baking
2: The Wheel of Life – A loaf’s cycle
3: Frankenloaf – Science and the perfect loaf
4: Sicker by the Slice – A marriage not made in heaven
5: Big Bread – Industrial vs artisan bakeries
6: The Breadline – The economics of crust
7: Flour Power – The politics of bread
8: Bloody Bread – The costs of conquest
9: Our Daily Bread – What the gods want
10: Breaking bread – A once ropey baker looks to the future

Breaking Bread How Baking Shaped Our World by David Wright is released in March 2025  by Quarto Publishing and will be available via Bookshop.org and other independent bookshops.

 

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