The NY Times points out that bicycles and the European penchant for fresh bread are more closely related than you might at first imagine. A writer in Amsterdam talks about how a slightly different conception of daily life enables cities without cars, and how that life is really more free than our slavish commitment to the car.
Love this article! My blog post today was about changing food culture–and the stuff that supports it (bikes vs. petroleum)–one delicious bit at a time.