The latest collection from the Bomo Art paper manufactory, The Journey of Bread, has been released, inspired by home baking, the experience of making your own bread, and the joy found in it.
The coronavirus has brought many changes to our lives, with countless losses and unexpected events affecting us. However, amidst the fear and anxiety of an uncertain future, an activity has emerged in homes that has brought coziness and warmth to people's everyday lives during this time of crisis.
Gone from social media were travel and family photos, as well as memories of parties and concerts. In their place were photos of vegetables sprouting in jars on the windowsill and perfectly risen, crusty homemade sourdough breads. Suddenly, it seemed like everyone had learned how to make sourdough and sourdough bread from scratch. Even those who had never gotten to the leavening stage of breadmaking were dusting off their baking sheets to make crazy amounts of banana bread for their families.
But why bread? Of all the things in the world to cook or bake, what is it about bread that has touched so many people during the pandemic?
Bread has been essential to human nutrition since the earliest known agricultural activity. In Christianity, the sacramental bread is one of the most important symbols, not to mention the fact that a line about it is even included in the Lord's Prayer ("give us this day our daily bread"). In Judaism, unleavened bread is eaten during the Passover holiday to commemorate the Jews' escape from Egypt. And in the Middle East, during the month of Ramadan, there are snaking lines in front of bakeries for Turkish pide, which could not be missing from the Ramadan festive table. In short, bread has always been there and everywhere.
Baking itself, especially when you're baking for others, can have many benefits that you might not even think about. It's good for your mental health, as it helps you de-stress, distracts you, and makes you feel useful during the monotonous days of quarantine. Overall, baking can be a great stress reliever.
It's no wonder that the Bomo team also delved into the mysteries of bread baking during quarantine, and we were happy to make the most diverse types of bread. They fell in love with bread baking so much that this passion continues to this day.
The newly released “The Journey of Bread” paper, featuring new graphic elements, commemorates this period, depicting a variety of delicacies, from nostalgic croissants to fluffy cakes. During the pandemic, there was time to reassess the sustaining power of community, and even simple family and friend gatherings became special occasions. From now on, you can collect your printed or magazine-cut recipes in the BOMO ART file organizer, or even write down your tried-and-true family recipes in one of the ring-bound or bound cookbooks with registers. The diaries can serve an excellent purpose, for example, to keep a bread baking diary in them. You can hide the treats for family and friends in the beautiful wrapping papers and you will remember the first time you tried kneading bread dough.