Bread Exchange

(Hardback)

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Swedish-born baker Malin Elmlid turned her passion for bread into a life-changing bartering project in which she travels the world trading her home-baked loavesmouthwatering, inventive, soulful loavesfor heartfelt goods and meaningful encounters with new friends. The Bread Exchange follows her from continent to continent, where bread-hungry hosts await. Think brunch in Bavaria, a pop-up bakery in Kabul, a candlelit dinner in Egypt, and a rooftop party in Brooklyn. These lavishly photographed gatherings, plus styled food photography, charming personal narratives, and more than 50 recipes for bread and accompaniments make for an all-around enchanting packagean armchair journey for bread-lovers and an inspiring gateway for entry-level bakers.

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"Before the Bread Exchange was a website and then a book, it was a manifesto. In 2007, Elmlid started making her own sourdough, mostly as a relief from her day job in the fashion industry.A simple idea has fired the imagination of many people in ways Elmlid didn't expect - and never intended. As she explains in the book's introduction: 'I didn't start the project for any of the obvious DIY reasons, or because of the economic crisis in 2008; it wasn't inspired by religion and it wasn't a backlash against our consumer society.'" 4-page feature and interview in the Observer Food Monthly - 14th September 2014.

Author Bio

Malin launched the Bread Exchange in 2008 while working as a European sales manager for premium brand Levis Vintage. Swedish by birth, she is now based in Berlin where she writes about travel, food, and style for lifestyle and travel publications.