"Dick Adams" > wrote in message
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"Joe Doe" > wrote in message
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> Good Bread Is Back: A Contemporary History of French Bread, the Way It
> Is Made, and the People Who Make It (Hardcover)
> by Steven Laurence Kaplan.

I did not know this already, but it is possible to read a random page at
Amazon.com. This book is very poetical. It is quite amazing how much
can be said about bread, and how many different and impressive words
can be used. Bread is almost as good as wine, in that respect.

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I have the book. Although an American, Kaplan wrote it in French and
someone else translated it into English - and it shows in the style! My
initial impression is that it reads a bit like a French philosophical work
and 5 words are used where one would suffice. Maybe I'm being a bit harsh
but it's a bit Proustian.
Graham