As a reviewer of cookbooks, I can say unequivocally that most English-language cookbooks these days are focused around dieting fads, with keto, Paleo, whole 30, vegan and ultra-healthy eating at the top of that list. I’ve read through more gluten-free recipes than I care to admit.
It takes something of epic proportions to unexpectedly knock us all to our feet again and press the reset button on the current state of our cultural trends. Something to swing the pendulum back the other way a bit.
The current global pandemic has had more negative than positive effects. People everywhere have suffered. But it’s also true that priorities have shifted.
Some indescribable force has brought us crashing back down to Earth when it comes to our food choices, happily steering us as a society back to bread.
And not just any bread but sourdough, which is the original bread that our ancestors were making tens of thousands of years ago.