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    The Bread Exchange

    Malin Elmlid is a fashionista-turned-bread barterer. Traveling extensively for work, she sought out the best possible loaves in every city she visited. After she discovered her favorite white sourdough was hard to come by in her adopted city of Berlin, she decided to make her own. Soon, people started giving her things for it.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Oct 31, 2014 • 1 min read

    Malin Elmlid is a fashionista-turned-bread barterer. Traveling extensively for work, she sought out the best possible loaves in every city she visited. After she discovered her favorite white sourdough was hard to come by in her adopted city of Berlin, she decided to make her own. Soon, people started giving her things for it. Her experience is documented in her new book, The Bread Exchange.

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    The full episode

    5 of 7
    Dia de Los Muertos, Gabrielle Hamilton, Food Lovers Guide to LA
    1. 0:00Dia de Los Muertos
    2. 9:27Colombian Food in Orange County
    3. 15:24Prune: The Cookbook
    4. 24:32Jonathan Gold Reviews Commissary
    5. 32:35The Bread ExchangeYou’re reading this
    6. 41:30Food Lovers Guide
    7. 49:49Market Report
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