Paperback. Jim Franks is not a professional baker, because there are no such things as professional bakers. He is also not your father and never will be, nor is this a cookbook full of stories and recipes. Jim Franks is a baker and a poet who's written a love story about bread, which is to say he's written a life story about listening, learning, trying, failing, adapting, and above all, caring. Through humor, history, relentless curiosity, and refreshingly unsentimental poetry. Existential Bread teaches there are many ways to bake a loaf as there are many ways to live a life. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Existential Bread (Paperback)
Publisher: Drag City
Publication Date: 2025
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1937112438
ISBN 13: 9781937112431
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Jim Franks is a baker and a poet who’ s written a love story about bread, which is to say he’ s written a life story about listening, learning, trying, failing, adapting, and above all, caring. Through humor, history, relentless curiosity, and refreshingly unsentimental poetry, Existential Bread teaches there are many ways to bake a loaf, just as there are many ways to live a life.

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Jim Franks is a baker and a poet who’ s written a love story about bread, which is to say he’ s written a life story about listening, learning, trying, failing, adapting, and above all, caring.

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