An interesting piece on the politics of bread: General Mills is petitioning the Food & Drug Administration [1] to set the guideline that foods containing at least 16 grams of whole grains per serving are "an excellent source of whole grain" while 8 to 15 grams per serving is a "a good source of whole grain." This, of course, would be advantageous to General Mills, best known as the maker of Cheerios, Wheaties, and other whole grain cereals.
The Sunday Observer [2] ran an entertaining piece on baking San Francisco Sourdough using one of Dan Lepard's recipes.
Life in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe has been miserable for years, but now bread shortages [3] are making life even more miserable there.
An interesting business profile of a bagel maker [4] went out on the AP business wire this week.
One-time pop star Seal and his wife say they are moving to Germany. Why? For the breads. [5]
Yet another "The Atkins Diet is Dead" article [6], but this one includes a nice little history and glossary of bread terms for those who've forgotten what bread is.
Recipe scan: a bread machine recipe for an Oat Wheat Bread [7]; a Mixed Grain Bread [8] that includes linseeds (flax seeds) and kibbled rye; and a rich sounding Banana-Raisin Bread [9] recipe.