Braided

Written for all the women who are carrying a myriad of responsibilities and not taking even a few minutes to stop and smell the rising yeast, this beautifully written memoir is a physician and mother’s recipe for how to be in the moment, make the bread, and take the time you need to take to be truly well.

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2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner in Women's Issues Nonfiction

2020 Eric Hoffer Award, Grand Prize Shortlist Finalist

2019 Wilbur Award, Nonfiction Winner

2018 Foreword INDIES Winner, Self-Help

2018 National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies, Finalist





What if you could bake bread once a week, every week? What if the smell of fresh bread could turn your house into a home? And what if the act of making the bread—mixing and kneading, watching and waiting—could heal your heartache and your emptiness, your sense of being overwhelmed? It can. This is the surprise that physician-mother Beth Ricanati learned when she started baking challah: that simply stopping and baking bread was the best medicine she could prescribe for women in a fast-paced world.