World Bread Day

I saw an intriguing poster hanging on the door of our neighborhood bakery yesterday. Apparently this Sunday (October 16) is World Bread Day (Welttag des Brotes in German). Who knew? I'm really not sure what the point is, especially since it falls on a Sunday when you can't even buy bread in Switzerland. I guess it's just good to celebrate and promote bread. According to the English translation of the "Preface to the World Day of Bread" by the President of the International Union of Bakers, "Bread is probably the most spread food product all over the world". Don't you just love direct translation? It never really says what you what you want it to say, does it?