Kicker: bread by another name

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AUDIO: “Diversa… increíble… maravillosa ... uhh, rico.”

NICK EICHER, HOST: Diverse, incredible, wonderful bread.

AUDIO: “It is absolutely delicious.”

That’s the word on the street in Mexico City after the country’s “bread culture” came under international criticism.

Richard Hart is a baker well-known in UK foodie circles.

AUDIO: “They don’t really have much of a bread culture… they make tortas on these white, ugly rolls that’re pretty cheap …”

Oof, that’s no bueno.

AUDIO: “Ay, para mí es unidad"

Student Dana Severi-ano, saying, “for me, bread is family time. We get it almost every night. We eat it together—my dad’s crazy about it. Bread simply feels like unity and home.”

Well, by week’s end, Hart said was sorry, and the apology did land—because in Mexico, bread culture evidently doesn’t lower itself to argument and insult.

It rises, as good bread should.

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