Feeling anxious? The surprising benefits of baking
No wonder flour stocks are running out and yeast is scarcer than toilet paper – science shows that whipping up a tray of lamingtons can lead to greater mindfulness and less stress.
Nadine Ingram's signature panna cotta lamington. Alan Benson
Andrew Majzner could hardly believe his eyes. He was pacing up and down the supermarket aisles looking for flour when he realised why he couldn’t find it. There wasn’t any. The shelves had been stripped.
“Wow. I never thought I would see that in my lifetime,” says the Melbourne-based designer and amateur baker behind the Instagram account I Baked It Myself. “It was like wartime. There wasn’t any sugar either.”
