Half-sweet please! (at least)

Last time I ordered my favourite Turkey Bacon Club sandwich I requested it to be made with white bread, instead of the default whole grain. I got a look as if I was committing a health crime, and with a similar snarky tone I was informed that “we don’t carry white bread”. A place where ordering your coffee with double Cream and double Sugar is something standard makes a problem out of serving me my preferred white bread. A sandwich loaded with processed meat, processed cheese, processed sauce and (drum roll) unprocessed healthy lettuce, but I can’t get it on white bread anymore because that would be unhealthy. What has happened to the world?

I like baking and cooking, and often make my own breads. Being European, eating bread is just something that’s part of my DNA. Some diets say bread makes you fat. I’m not disputing that, but I do wonder if it has to do with the breads, or the ingredients we choose to put in or on it.

When I bake cookies, cakes, or (the recent favourite) make ice cre…