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The Benefits of Fermented Foods

  • by breadpolitics
  • Posted on June 5, 2019June 3, 2019

From kimchi to kombucha, sauerkraut to sourdough, fermented foods have been around for almost as long as man. Most likely discovered by accident and originally used to prolong the life of food, fermentation is experiencing a boom at present.

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Chemicals in the Food Chain

  • by breadpolitics
  • Posted on May 22, 2019May 29, 2019

The Food Chain Think of the food chain as a system of givers and takers.…

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Jule’s Story

  • by breadpolitics
  • Posted on May 8, 2019May 6, 2019

Baking is a career that attracts people from all walks of life. One of the…

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Organic Week Aotearoa (29th April – 5th May) and Jersey Girl Organics

  • by breadpolitics
  • Posted on April 29, 2019April 29, 2019

Over the last few posts I’ve enjoyed telling you about what I do, and the…

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Climate Change and you

  • by breadpolitics
  • Posted on April 24, 2019April 17, 2019

The news is full of climate change. Storms in the Pacific, hurricanes in the Caribbean…

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Big Food

  • by breadpolitics
  • Posted on April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

The world is subject to a global food system that couldfeed the world but doesn’t. Around…

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You are what your foods eat

  • by breadpolitics
  • Posted on April 10, 2019April 15, 2019

The difference between organic sourdough bread and a commercial white loaf is vast.  Organic sourdough is made…

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You are what you eat

  • by breadpolitics
  • Posted on April 2, 2019March 27, 2019

Bread has developed from its humble beginnings as the staff of life to a pawn in the…

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The Science of Sourdough

  • by breadpolitics
  • Posted on March 27, 2019March 20, 2019

The science of sourdough is both simple and complex. The simplicity lies in the small…

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The long history of the loaf

  • by breadpolitics
  • Posted on March 20, 2019March 22, 2019

Flour, salt and water – from these humble beginnings bread has risen, travelling in some…

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About Me

I run a bakery in beautiful Auckland, New Zealand, but by training I am a microbiologist and science journalist. My love for food and my desperation at the state of bread in New Zealand have led me to bake bread and cakes and worry about how food is grown, processed, distributed and consumed.

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Trigger Warning

I am German and I am a woman. In this blog I am offering views and ideas that may differ from your own opinions. You might find these interesting and entertaining, but at times they might challenge or even offend you. It is not my intention to harm people’s feelings, but feeling uncomfortable is not the same to being in mortal danger.

In order to discuss complicated matters open and honestly it is necessary to speak about uncomfortable truths at times. It is a vital step of moving on and making things better. Germans have had to learn this lesson the hard way and it was deeply instilled in my generation. Being German also means being more direct – to the English-speaking world, this can seem at times rude or uncouth. For the most part it is not intended to be offensive and I believe that I have lived in the English- speaking world for long enough to have learned to modify and mellow my directness. But at times, when matters are very important, my true nature may get the better of me. That applies to both – the Germanity and the Femininity.

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