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Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure

Episode 1

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Adrian Scarborough reads from journalist Robert Penn’s account of his search for the perfect bread made from ancient wheat grains – a quest that takes him to several countries around the world, including Egypt, Turkey and America, before he returns home to grow his own wheat in the Black Mountains in Wales. Can he learn to plant, harvest, thresh and bake enough sourdough bread to feed his family for a year?

Abridged by Anna Magnusson
Producer: Bruce Young Show less

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