02600cam a2200361 i 4500 602669683 TxAuBib 20220816120000.0 220512s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781635578041 1635578043 TxAuBib rda Tait, Al. Breadsong : how baking changed our lives / Kitty & Al Tait. How baking changed our lives. New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. 303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color.) txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier How baking changed our lives. The beginning -- The first loaf -- Ferguson -- Ruth the Rofco -- Chop more wood -- The milk cart of doom -- We get into number 10 -- Bertha -- Grass pesto -- Ulla bread -- Kirstian and Christmas -- Dodo -- Man the barricades -- The scouts -- Recipes. Bread -- Sourdough bread -- Sweet dough -- Pastries -- Cookies and cakes. Kitty Tait grew up a funny, chatty redhead who made everyone in her family laugh. But around the time she turned 14, Kitty began experiencing anxiety. Slowly, she disconnected from everyone around her and struggled to wake up, get dressed, and leave the house. Full of worry, her parents tried everything, from new hobbies like reading and painting to medication and visits to a specialist. Nothing seemed to help. Then, one day, as Kitty stood on a stool watching her dad mix flour, water, and salt, she determined Al's gloopy, sludgy blob of bread looked a whole lot like her brain. The next day, peaking under the tea towel as the mix gently bubbled and popped, Kitty came to a stunning realization: bread is alive. Al asked Kitty if she'd like to try baking bread herself, and their lives were never the same again. One loaf quickly escalated into an obsession, and Kitty felt better than she had for a long time. Within nine months, Kitty and Al opened The Orange Bakery--and they haven't stopped since. Featuring more than 80 recipes-including cinnamon buns, cheese swirls, and tahini brownies-Breadsong is a celebration of bread and baking, and an inspiring story of the life-saving power of discovering a passion. 20220816. Bread. Baking. Bakers and bakeries. Anxiety. Mental illness. Cookbooks. Fathers and daughters. Memoirs. Tait, Kitty.