Remember how stressful it was back in the pre-1927 days when you had to make your mystery meat and Swiss sandwiches on two loaves of bread instead of two slices? Not good on the figure, or the jaw muscles. Thanks again Otto, and this inventor-looking reenactor, for putting on that lab coat and changing sandwich technology forever. After the jump, pay more respect to the bread slicer....
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Photograph from giorgiofano1978 on Flickr It's a loaf of bread shaped like a lobster. Or a lobster that transformed into a loaf of bread. The latter would be more interesting, although I suppose it's a biological impossibility. Related In Videos: How Bread Was Made In The 80's The Lobster Claw Game, Right Next to the Gum and Diet Sodas Cook the Book: Classic Maine Lobster Rolls...
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Remember the good old days of bread baking? When the young, well-muscled baker would twirl, jump, and dance (with a few mid-air splits thrown in) while preparing the dough, and rip off his wifebeater amidst the throes of bread baking bliss? If not, refresh your memory with this video clip. Where did it come from? Why does it exist? Nobody knows. Watch the video after the jump....
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On her recent trip to Istanbul, Turkey, Umami came across a simit vendor balancing a tall, neat pile of the circular bread on a board with one hand. If only I could come across vendors bearing towering piles of bread on the streets here; I'd be so happy....
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Find out answers to baking-related questions you didn't even know you had by reading British bread master Dan Lepard's Q&A with readers at Guardian Unlimited....
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Want to bake fresh bread for Thanksgiving without expending much effort? Try this simple crusty bread recipe, which may be "the world's easiest yeast bread" according to The New York Times....
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Sara Rosso of Ms. Adventures in Italy visited her favorite breadmaker in Puglia and took lots of mouthwatering photos of giant, perfectly formed dough balls to educate us on the art of baking. And to make us feel jealous....
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This snap caught my eye in the Serious Eats group on Flickr. It's easy to imagine breaking off a hunk of this coppa di Parma–stuffed bread and devouring it. This photo is from serious eater Sara - Piperita, and there's a recipe for it on her blog so you can make it yourself....
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Stop right now! Throw that sandwich you're eating into the trash! I mean it! Do it, and do it quick! Don't you know bread is dangerous? Some quick but frightening facts: "More than 90 percent of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread." and "Bread is made from a substance called "dough." It has been proven that as little as one pound of dough can be used to suffocate a mouse. The average American eats more bread than that in one month!" [via kottke.org] Photograph from iStockPhoto.com...
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