Clockwise from centre: New England buttermilk Rolls, San Francisco Sourdough, Southern Corn bread, San Francisco Sourdough, boston brown bread.
The United States may be thought a melting-pot of the world’s peoples; it is also a bread basket. As each wave of immigrants laps the shore, so they bring their food culture and their breads. Things that have almost lapsed in their place of origin suddenly crop up with greater force and popularity in the USA: think of bagels and pretzels. This makes the breads of America especially interesting.