{"id":2112,"date":"2014-01-21T02:27:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T02:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2024-09-08T22:42:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T02:42:59","slug":"the-healing-power-of-toast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2014\/01\/21\/the-healing-power-of-toast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Healing Power Of Toast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this article linked to from a couple sites last week. Both pointed out that, on its surface, it seemed like a silly story about a silly fad. Apparently artisanal toast &#8211; at $3, or more, a slice &#8211; is the new big thing in San Francisco and beginning to spread to other major cities. But both sites said the story went deeper than over-priced toast and was worth diving into.<\/p>\n<p>I agree.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a remarkable story about much more that the whims of culinary trends. It\u2019s also about creating real interaction in a hyperactive, digitally-inclined society. It\u2019s about finding meaning in relationships with others. And it\u2019s about a woman\u2019s remarkable fight against crippling mental health issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  In a city whose economy is increasingly built on digital social networks\u2014but where simple eye contact is at a premium\u2014Giulietta Carrelli\u2019s latticework of small connections is old-fashioned and analog. It is built not for self-presentation, but for self-preservation. And the spread of toast is only one of the things that has arisen from it.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psmag.com\/navigation\/health-and-behavior\/toast-story-latest-artisanal-food-craze-72676\/\">A Toast Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this article linked to from a couple sites last week. Both pointed out that, on its surface, it seemed like a silly story about a silly fad. Apparently artisanal toast &#8211; at $3, or more, a slice &#8211; is the new big thing in San Francisco and beginning to spread to other major cities. But both sites said the story went deeper than over-priced toast and was worth diving into. I agree. It\u2019s a remarkable story about much more that the whims of culinary trends. It\u2019s also about creating real interaction in a hyperactive, digitally-inclined society. It\u2019s about finding meaning in relationships with others. And it\u2019s about a woman\u2019s remarkable fight against crippling mental health issues. In a city whose economy is increasingly built on digital social networks\u2014but where simple eye contact is at a premium\u2014Giulietta Carrelli\u2019s latticework of small connections is old-fashioned and analog. It is built not for self-presentation, but for self-preservation. And the spread of toast is only one of the things that has arisen from it. A Toast Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-2112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-links"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14357,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions\/14357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}