Summary: <p><a rel="nofollow" class="guestlink">Aaron Bobrow-Strain</a>, author of <span class="book"><a rel="nofollow" title="buy this book at Amazon" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807044679/wnycorg-20/"><em>White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf</em></a></span> and professor of politics at Whitman College, explains the colorful history of white bread and tells us what makes it so soft, so white, and have such a long shelf life. He'll also discuss how the kind of bread you eat has defined social status for centuries.</p>
