{"product_id":"existential-bread-by-jim-franks","title":"Existential Bread, by Jim Franks","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt’s safe to say that Jim Franks’s \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eExistential\u003c\/span\u003e Bread is unlike any bread book you’ve ever read. The ideas and information are conveyed in idiosyncratic poetry with more than a pinch of profanity, but we here at Janie's Mill love how Franks explains different grains, and the importance of locally grown grains and freshly-milled whole-kernel flours. And we agree with Franks that there are as many ways to make a loaf as there are ways to live a life -- and that, as his first epigraph says:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Love is not only the most important ingredient:\u003cbr\u003eit is the only ingredient that really matters.”\u003cbr\u003e—Tassajara Bread Book \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can learn more about Jim and his book in this \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/granorfarm.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7ab595293f010d934d4a17603\u0026amp;id=54ae859a40\u0026amp;e=1fe641c0b1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/granorfarm.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D7ab595293f010d934d4a17603%26id%3D54ae859a40%26e%3D1fe641c0b1\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1746541511047000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2HtQB3tDMzHjhNzArJt_5x\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/10\/style\/existential-bread-jim-franks.html\" title=\"Jim Franks Existential Bread article in NY Times\"\u003eNew York Times article\u003c\/a\u003e by Minju Pak, who says that the book is \"about bread baking, but only insofar as bread baking is a metaphor for life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Janie's Mill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50265425740091,"sku":"3021900","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/7822\/2758\/files\/Existentialbreadcover.jpg?v=1746456907","url":"https:\/\/www.janiesmill.live\/products\/existential-bread-by-jim-franks","provider":"Janie's Mill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}