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Pasta Madre – Alessandra Sposetti
Alessandra Sposetti
Selfpublished
Year
2021
Country
Brazil
City
São Paulo
Publisher
Alessandra Sposetti
Designer
Alessandra Sposetti
Binding type
Hard cover, sewn binding
Paper Type
Bamboo natural white 120 g, Baking paper
Number of pages
142
Paper weight
Bamboo natural white 120 g, Baking paper
On April 3rd, 1944, the Royal Air Force bombed Macerata, Italy. A bomb hit Via della Nana and killed around 40 people, including women and children who were buying bread. I was born there, 24 years later, and grew up listening to war stories. Today I myself make bread.
Pasta madre is the organic matter used to ferment bread. While revisiting my home town and talking to local bakers – from the oldest, already retired, to the new generations – I discovered how the stories about bread are intertwined with those of the fateful bombing.
Making bread, to me, is not only an occupation but a creative act and a gesture of affection that connects me with people from the past to the present. That is how Pasta Madre, the book, took shape.