Grain Gathering offers healthy slice of life

Bread was never sexier than during the eighth annual Grain Gathering at the Port of Skagit’s Bayview Industrial Park last week.

The popular three-day event, which each year has the world’s wheat and barley enthusiasts pay $550 to come to Washington State University’s Bread Lab, was keynoted on Thursday by Dr. Maria Trumpler, who teaches Women, Food and Culture and the History of Sexuality at Yale University.

She addressed her areas of expertise with a lively, informative and often humorous presentation on why modern women rarely bake bread at home.

“I teach about food and sex,” she quipped, sp...