In Search of the Best Free Bread in America
There's an under-regarded little genre of journalism: the inconsequential quest, where a writer pours an enormous amount of effort into answering a question that absolutely did not need answering. Here, Caity Weaver travels more than 13,000 miles, and endures a great many mediocre meals, to find the best free restaurant bread in America.
Part memoir, part reportage, part accidental sociology, it's a joy from start to finish — and a lovely case for taking your curiosity seriously even when (especially when) it can't justify itself. Not everything worth your attention has to matter. (11,700 words - use this link to access the unpaywalled version)
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