Kneading Comfort DURING a TIME of UNCERTAINTY, the AGE-OLD CRAFT of BREADMAKING IS “Bread Gives You an Invitation to a Long Friendship,” Says Mark on the RISE
Reprinted September 2020 [Brandywine Table] Kneading Comfort DURING A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY, THE AGE-OLD CRAFT OF BREADMAKING IS “Bread gives you an invitation to a long friendship,” says Mark ON THE RISE. Doberenz, owner of Green Lion Breads. Seen here circa 2014, next a wood-fired oven he worked out of for Camphill Soltane. 15 years into his love affair with bread baking he says the Alyssa Thayer learning continues each day. ARCH 2020 MARKED THE START OF THE GLOBAL downtown Phoenixville. The cafe was the first off-campus enterprise pandemic, and with it, a seismic shift in the way we con- of Camphill Soltane, providing inclusive professional development Mduct our lives. We went from eating out and traveling, to opportunities for members of their community. being cooped up at home. “Growing up, bread was bread and flour was flour,” Mark admits. The silver lining of this new reality was time, and the opportunity But somewhere along his baking journey, he cultivated a deep appre- to return to pastimes that had all but vanished from our frenzied lives. ciation for the ingredients. Breadmaking, in particular, became so ubiquitous that flour and yeast Four years ago, Mark opened Green Lion Breads, with the vision shortages plagued grocery shelves, and photos of homemade loaves of baking artisan loaves and milling his own local flours. “We’re took over our social media feeds. milling spelt from a quarter mile away and baking with it the next It seems that beyond the gratification of making something from day,” he says proudly. scratch, folks have found something truly cathartic about the bread- As anyone who’s tried their hand at sourdough can tell you: flour making process.
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