communion

La baguette was recognized by UNESCO last month as a piece of cultural heritage, received with a lofty mais oui in its home country. Created by an Austrian, shaped by political and legal necessity, established as a warm, fragrant, crunchy and soft sense memory for millions.

Of course, The Flight of the Conchords long ago agreed with the French bakers.

The baguette may not be as universal as our boulangère parisienne imagines it is, but grains are.

sliced and spread in the French countryside

unless it riz wrong

riz and racked in Skopje

layered with butter and sugar in Strasbourg

as accompaniment

or main dish

deep fried

or skillet baked

It brings us together. And the gathering, the scent, the taste, the conversation - all are communion.