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Israel-Hamas War

How one bakery in Gaza is grappling with sparse resources and mounting demand

by James Graham
Nov 9, 2023
Local reports say Israeli airstrikes have destroyed bakeries across the strip, while many of those that remain are struggling to operate due to lack of fuel and flour.
A Palestinian woman makes bread over a fire in Khan Yunis, Gaza on Nov. 6. A lack of fuel and flour has made bread scarce in Gaza.
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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.
Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images
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COVID-19

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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