Beyond banana bread: People stuck at home during the pandemic took to baking
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Banana bread was a frugal way then to use up overripe fruit, but it doesn’t seem to be in vogue now. Sourdough, the other breakout baking trend from then, has fared better, though one suspects that for every devotee of its hearty chewiness there are other family members happy to unpack regular, spongy manufactured white bread.
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Many bakers from the first Covid cycle hit this barrier in the second cycle, especially when the realities seemed too grim to bear being blended with banana bread.