While rice is the staple that’s cooked in households across Kashmir, bread is what drives the local community and economy.
With so much traditional knowledge guarded and passed down through generations, Kashmir’s bread culture could qualify for a UNESCO intangible heritage listing and possibly rival France’s boulangerie tradition.
Her father hailed from Kashmir so for her, summertime equals Kashmir, and Kashmir equals a warm, pillowy girda.
When she returned years later, to learn more about Kashmir’s bread culture from her neighborhood baker, she was promptly told off.
“Bread is really sacred in Kashmir and that relationship that a family has with their local kandurwan is really special.
Persons:
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Locations:
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