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A Year of War

A year into the Ukraine war, global food insecurity is at a record high

by Samantha Fields

Feb 23, 2023

In many countries, including Egypt, staples like bread have become much more expensive and harder to come by.

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The war in Ukraine is pushing bread prices higher in the Middle East. That could lead to unrest.

by Justin Ho

Mar 28, 2022

High bread prices have helped topple governments in the region.

Egyptian men work in a bakery at a market in Cairo on March 17, 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused wheat prices to soar — necessary for bread, an important food staple in the Middle East.

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Bread baking boom means flour and yeast are flying off U.S. shelves

by Kristin Schwab

Apr 15, 2020

Rising demand has led to a tripling in sales at Vermont-based King Arthur Flour.

There's something comforting about kneading your own dough and baking your own bread.

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Nancy Silverton is not an entrepreneur or a chef. She is a cook.

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios

Jun 24, 2019

Restaurant entrepreneur Nancy Silverton on 30 years of La Brea Bakery.

Nancy Silverton founded La Brea Bakery in 1989.

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Grist & Toll flour mill wants to change your bread

by Kai Ryssdal , Hayley Hershman and Jennie Josephson

Nov 28, 2017

It's one of the only urban mills in the country, and business is good.

Varieties of flour are sold in the retail shop at Grist & Toll.

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