Baking bread is a deeply meaningful and fulfilling process and it has given me different ways to think about life. This video is a meditation on the mindful act of making, baking, and breaking bread. And now that flour and yeast are back in store shelves after the Coronavirus Pandemic fueled a great American audition for the Great British Bake Off, we can all experience the magic of bread making while safely social distancing in quarantine!
References:
Yeast Growth Curve:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Typical-yeast-growth-curve-Saccharomyces-cerevisiae-grown-in-YPD-media-at-30C-for-12_fig1_235352009
Human population chart:
https://ourworldindata.org/world-population-growth#:~:text=As%20population%20growth%20continues%20to,end%20of%20the%20demographic%20transition.
Wheat proteins in gluten:
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/archive-2011-2012/gluten.html#:~:text=At%20the%20molecular%20level%2C%20gluten,form%20a%20three%2Ddimensional%20shape.
Spaced learning effects:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3399982/
Pomodoro Technique:
https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-technique
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
Video Clips:
Wonderbread Commercial: The Fresh Guys (1970)
Office Space (1999 Film), 20th Century Fox
Casino (1995 Film), Universal Pictures
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991 Film), TriStar Pictures
The Incredibles (2004 Film), Walt Disney Pictures
Donald Duck: The Clock Watcher (1945 Film) Walt Disney
THE SIMPSONS (2016) S27 • E14: Gal of Constant Sorrow, Fox
Wall-E (2008 Film), Walt Disney Pictures
Black Friday Crowd Rushing into Urban Outfitters, Jerry Baily
Christmas balloon drop causes stampede at shopping centre, ITV News
O Brother Where Art Thou (2000 Film), Walt Disney Studios
Articles:
https://www.theboldage.com/heres-why-baking-bread-can-be-good-for-your-mental-health
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/19/coronavirus-stress-baking-sourdough-kneading-relax
https://nyunews.com/culture/dining/2020/04/23/quarantine-bread-baking/
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/05/why-theres-no-flour-during-coronavirus/611527/
Original of the video here
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