White Bread
by Aaron Bobrow-Strain · first published 2012
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You might be interested in the book "White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf" by Aaron Bobrow-Strain A lot stems from the late 18th century concern that filthy immigrants were making unhealthy food in local bakeries. It was better --…
on “Banned bread: why does the US allow additives that Europe says are unsafe?” ↗…overeating. https://www.treehugger.com/health/overeating-terrible-planet... As for industrial food, and how it got to be, I strongly recommend this book by Aaron Bobrow-Strain https://www.amazon.com/White-Bread-Social-History-Store-Boug...
on “A Restaurant with No Leftovers” ↗There's a cool book I didn't finish White Bread by Aaron Bobrow-Strain. It talks about the history of store bought bread supplanting home baked bread, and the marketing wars waged both for and against store bought bread. I'm gonna start it up again…
on “Scientists are learning why ultra-processed foods are bad” ↗