BAKING AS RESISTANCE

Will We Riot Over Bread?

Or just eggs?

I bake sourdough bread regularly, but this is my first attempt at grinding my own wheat. The resulting loaf of 100 percent whole wheat sourdough is beautiful, delicious and nutritious — and I like knowing that if the economy goes straight to hell I can at least provide my family and community with their daily bread. (Photo by Michelle Teheux)

Never think that food is not political.

In fact, historians have a formula to predict what bread price will tip the populace into rioting.

But in the U.S., people traded carbs for keto, so the price of meat and eggs might be the things to watch. We know that pricey eggs really brought out the pro-fascism vote.

At my house, we eat bread

I eat only a little of it. My dogs, the Breadwolves, beg for it constantly. My Dutch husband eats a lot of bread.

The only bread riot I’ve seen so far is the one my dogs start each time I bake a fresh, crusty loaf:

My husband, Harrie, subsisted mostly on bread, bananas and hagelslag sandwiches before he came to the U.S. He misses good European bread, which is why I prioritize baking sourdough bread.

I feel bad that he gave up so much to come to the U.S. for me, so the least I can do is feed him well. My loaves are not as good as…