Come Bakers One and All--It's Time for a Pilgrimage!
by Kirk Bangstad
kirk.bangstad@chefschoolreview.com
Chef School Review Columnist
We all, at some point or another, take our own special journey with the baking arts. If you worship frequently at the baking temple, you may consider making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to better understand baking’s religious underpinnings.
The Baking Profession is Finally Receiving its Just Desserts…ahem
Ynet news (the English version of Israel’s leading news website), recently informed the world that the Israel museum is running a bread exhibit. Yes, the museum has raised bread on high, so to speak, by examining its use as a symbol among the three monotheistic religions of Israel. The exhibit explains how different kinds of bread in different shapes carry symbolic significance from popular, religious, social, and political standpoints.
Art Appreciation, Meet Baking Class
As part of the exhibit, the museum is offering mini baking classes for families in its front courtyard. In the museum’s newly established “baker’s yard,” visitors are invited to take part in these baking classes and learn the entire baking process from seed to ingestion.
Although you well-seasoned baking experts may bristle at the idea of yet another baking class, you might get a kick out of seeing the various tools that have been used throughout history to create the staff of life, or marvel at how many religious ceremonies use little biscuits to symbolize the life-cycle.
Bakers professional and amateur can thank the Israel museum for bestowing upon you, the creators of bread, a connection with the divine.
Sources
Israel Museum Jerusalem
Ynet News
About the Author
Kirk Bangstad is a singer living in Chicago, IL. Having received his B.A. in Government at Harvard, Kirk previously worked as a management consultant.
Posted on December 1, 2006 at 10:45 AM
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