We are excited that we recently published the book “Bread Therapy: Community Baking Stories from around the Globe” with foreword by world-famous baker and teacher Peter Reinhart, edited by Dr. Nadezhda Savova-Grigorova with contribution from arts therapists and psychologists. It is perfect for all those who wonder what Bread Therapy is, how it works with[…]
contributed by Emily Nguyen, San Diego Apple Crumble Ingredients: Filling: 3-4 apples (diced) ½ cup sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons flour 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Topping: 1 cup flour 1 cup oats ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup cubed butter (1 stick) Directions: Grease an 8×8 or 9×13 pan Preheat the oven to 350[…]
contributed by Emily Nguyen, San Diego Cranberry Bread Ingredients: ¾ cup lukewarm water ½ cup milk 1 packet yeast (2 ¼ teaspoons) 3 cups bread flour 1 ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar 3 tablespoons butter Cranberries Directions: In a small/medium bowl, mix water, milk, and yeast together and let set until bubbles form In[…]
Again, our Crumbassador Breezy shares her experience for bringing peace and resolve conflicts through “the power of flour”, this time in Stormont. Read about this extraordinary journey here.
” The Bake Bread for Peace movement aims to bring people together in a celebration of everything communal and good through one of the most common and basic activities that humanity shares all over the world – baking bread. The movement was started in 2014 by Breezy Kelly and has now found enthusiasts across Ireland[…]
We are launching a series of children’s books written and illustrated by our founder and president, Dr. Nadezhda Savova-Grigorova, cultural anthropologist (Princeton University) and “Traveler with a Mission of the Year 2012” of the global National Geographic. The books are separate from the game Bakers without Borders, but related to it. They go under the[…]
Adam Majewski who is one of the latest Crumbassadors to join our Bakers without Borders community just started a great campaign which aims at raising funds to organize community building baking programs in Twin Cities, Minnesota. The program will “create a beacon of hope, help develop future leaders in social change and improvement, and ensure[…]
Here is a selection of some of the bread works of Sue Beveridge (our “Baker Without Borders” from Scotland). They are either from her work in bread sculpture or through her work with groups working with bread dough as a type of art therapy. Bread Bodies – “I cast my body, fill it with bread dough, bake[…]
One of our Bakers Without Borders and year-long Crumbassador, Yana Doncheva, had a recent project employing the Bread Houses Network methods in Romania in July 2016. During the course of Stella Leadership Programme, conducted by British Exploring Society, recent graduates from universities across the UK participated in a socially significant community project in the region[…]
Helga Graef, a “Baker Without Borders” from Austria, has been very enthusiastic about the game “Bakers Without Borders” as a tool in her baking activities with various groups. As Helga shares: “The “Theater of Crumbs” opened the curtain with a group of women in a women’s shelter house in Salzburg. They liked it very much!”Helga[…]