White Bread
Chicago: American Institute of Baking, 1932.
First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Item #CAT000831
Side stapled pamphlet, slight rusting to staples otherwise fine. Interesting 14pp pamphlet answering whether white bread is healthy or not and whether the process of making white flour has robbed it of it's nutritional value (answer: yes and no). "White bread is a wholesome, nutritious food...Its avoidance for fear of any harmful consequences or the fear that it is the cause of any diseased condition when properly used in the normal diet, is entirely without scientific foundation." Seemingly no copies in OCLC.
In the 1920s and 30s there was a widespread panic about white bread (heavily consumed during the depression) stoked by a peripatetic diet guru named Bernard MacFadden who called it the stuff of death. Amylophobia swept the nation and had many of the moral panic and class characteristics of later dietary debates (white vs. whole wheat, gluten, etc.). Size: 16mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000831.
Price: $45.00