An autographed copy of the book Braided, A Journey of a Thousand Challahs

“What if you could bake bread once a week, every week? What if the smell of fresh baking bread could turn your house into a home? And what if the act of making the bread―mixing and kneading, watching and waiting―could bring wellness and well-being into your life, provide that essential self-care and ritual of routine that we all need, and heal your heartache and your emptiness, your sense of being overwhelmed? It can.”

This is the surprise that physician, mother, and wife Beth Ricanati learned when she started baking challah over a decade ago: that simply stopping and baking bread was the best medicine she could prescribe for women in a fast-paced world. Braided chronicles a journey of a thousand challahs and one woman’s quest for wellness, well-being, and peace.

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