The Nature of Bread (according to Chris Stevens)

Thought I'd share this most profound and insightful commentary on the nature of bread. From The Northern Exposure Cookbook, by Ellis Weiner. Chris Stevens, btw, is Cicely's radio personality Chris-in-the-Morning (played by John Corbett). This is just so . . . Chris.

You know, bread is considered the simplest and most basic of foods, but its profound secret is that it's just the opposite. Searchers for simplicity need look no further than fruits and vegetables, which of course can be eaten as is. Meat just needs to be thrown on a fire. But bread needs grain, milling, yeast, ovens, and effort.

Any animal can eat produce or flesh. It takes an entire civilization to make bread.

Wow.