Bread is the staff of life, the basic form of nourishment around the world. Bread is also an expression of spirit, a feature in forms of worship throughout the world.
That’s the view of Brother Peter Reinhart – and he should know. One of America’s most honoured bread-makers, Reinhart is a former monk whose personal odyssey of faith mirrors his journey to mastery over the basic ingredients of bread: flour, yeast, salt and water.
For the former monk, the stages of bread-baking, 12 in total, are a metaphor for his own three decade long journey to a richer spiritual life.
Whether baking a classically simple French baguette or the complex struan bread first made by medieval Celts on the Isle of Skye the metaphor holds.
12 Steps to a perfectly baked bread and a spiritually enlightened soul: we’re baking Bread with Brother Peter on this hour.
(Hosted by MIchael Goldfarb)
Guests:
Brother Peter Reinhart, author of “Bread upon the Waters: A Pilgrimage Toward Self-Discovery and Spiritual Truth”