Blessing the Grain

An Anatolian puzzle asks, “What is God’s wisdom and man’s blessing?” The answer bread.   Anatolians call bread blessing. That is because their genes are practically infused with crops, wheat and bread here, in one of the earliest agricultural regions of the world. Bread feeds rich anda poor alike, ruler and ruled alike; it is a favour. It is the offering made to appease th gods when they fly into ...