A Path of Bread Crumbs

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 2, 1996| Author: Joyce Dodson Piotrowski | Copyright information

Bread crumbs are one of those simple little ingredients that get no respect. After all, they're just scraps of stale bread. But are they? Around the world, chefs and housewives have saved those scraps and learned to use them in many ways, turning them into an important item in the pantry. And so a recipe invented to utilize leftovers becomes a favorite, which then requires that bread crumbs be made.

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