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Amid the constant shortages and discomforts of Soviet life, one of its good things has always been a crusty loaf of nutty Russian bread. Comforting to stomach and soul, bread is a mainstay of the masses' daily existence. For that reason, Moscow for almost 30 years has held the price of the average loaf at a heavily subsidized 23 kopecks -- about 40 cents...
Gone are the days when buying your daily bread simply meant tossing a cotton- soft white loaf into a grocery cart. More and more shoppers these days are trekking to local bakeries and specialty shops -- often braving long lines and empty bins -- in search of gourmet loaves of all sizes and shapes: rosemary, garlic and poppy wands with a crackling-hard crust; dense bricks dotted with specks of flax, sunflower and sesame seeds; onion sourdough baguettes; and mammoth 4-lb. pumpkin-like affairs made from live, wild cultures. "Bread is being rescued from oblivion," says Michael London, owner of Rock...
...real bread you get more nutrients for the fewest calories, for the fewest dollars," says Paul Stitt, president of Natural Ovens of Manitowoc in Wisconsin. Some of today's producers make health benefits a key selling point. Schripps in New Jersey, for example, exuberantly describes its Slice of Life loaf as containing "16% roughage, which regularizes the digestive system, preventing or relieving constipation...
...Book of Breads: "Thank goodness there are good breads today, but there are some things out there that are horrifying." An understandable sentiment, given the emergence of such bizarre products as seaweed bread, cottage-cheese dill loaves and a cherry-chocolate concoction that sells for a thumping $10 a loaf...
...Dunster House, we settled for half a loaf. We compromised. Usually, a compromise represents the solution most beneficial to both parties. But in the case of environmental conservation, a compromise hurts both parties, because both parties share the destiny common to all inhabitants of the planet. Compromise is not a long-run solution. Eventually, environmental activists will have to overcome past agreements...