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For the last three years, October 16 has been declared World Bread Day by the International Union of Bakers and Bakers-Confectioners. According to the official site, this occasion marks the symbolic importance of bread and "wants to provide an opportunity to talk about bread and bakers, to find out about their history, their importance as well as their future." Each year, many food bloggers make bread in honor of the World Bread Day blogging event, organized by Zorra from Kochtopf.
From her home in Anadalusia, Spain, Zorra spreads news of the event to bloggers all over the world and collects links for a huge round-up of bread recipes, posted about a week after the official day. You still have one more day to send an entry for this year's celebration. Meanwhile, if you'd like to have your own celebration in honor of bread, here are some recipes I've spotted that look good.
Susan from Sticky Gooey Creamy Chewy made Nutella-Pistachio Brioche that looks outstanding (pictured above.) She used the brioche recipe from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, the book written with Jeff Hertzberg by food blogger and master baker Zoe from Zoe Bakes. If you're interested in baking, Zoe's blog is one to add to your feed reader.
The savory Syrian Onion Bread pictured above was made by Gemma from Pro Bono Baker, using a recipe from Bread by Christine Ingram. Gemma says the topping of onion, cumin, coriander, and mint really works in this recipe.
Anh from Food Lover's Journey in Melbourne uses a basic recipe for Honey Whole Wheat Bread from Martha Stewart to make her bread for World Bread Day. When she takes out her beautiful bread (pictured above) Anh considers how she'd like to bake bread every day if she had the time.
World Bread Day 2006 had 113 bloggers participating, and World Bread Day 2007 inspired 184 bloggers to post about the bread they made. I'm guessing even more bloggers will participate this year, and when Zorra posts the round-up, I'll edit this post so BlogHer readers can find all the recipes from World Bread Day 2008.
(Edit: There were 245 entries this year! You can find a lifetime of bread recipes at the World Bread Day Round-Up.)
Do you like baking your own bread, and if so, what's your favorite recipe for bread?
Kalyn Denny writes about food and at BlogHer.com and shares her passion for cooking at Kalyn's Kitchen. Although Kalyn confesses to being slightly baking-impaired, earlier this year she made a pretty good-looking 100% Whole Wheat and Bran Bread, using the method from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
