The Staff of Life

A celebration of bread in all its many incarnations - fresh baked, transformed into croutons, fantastic in an Autumnal salad or even turned into a comforting and delicious desert. Enjoy the therapeutic joys of starting from scratch with a divine Italian speciality called schiacciata - a flatbread variation similar to the better known focaccia or explore ways of cooking with different types of bread. Wonderfully original recipes and equally appealing images.