White Bread

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Benjamin Schwarz, Editor's Choice: A Harsh Beauty; Reviving the Escirial, plus the wonders of Wonder Bread. The Atlantic, July/August, 2012.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magaz ... -harsh-beauty/9001/
("In the early 20th century, Americans got more of their calories from bread than from any other single food")

My comment: read only the second part, about Wonder Bread.
(a) This is a book review on
Aaron Bobrow-Strain, White Bread; A social history of the store-bought bread. Beacon, 2012
http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=2230
(b) I have read about two reviews previously. This is the best.
(c) Wonder Bread
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Bread
(was originally produced by the [now defunct] Taggart Baking Company of Indianapolis, Indiana and debuted on May 21, 1921; presently produced by Hostess Brands in the United States)
(d) white bread
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_bread
(removing bran and germ from wheatberry "can give white flour a longer shelf life by removing the natural oils (and some vitamins and nutrients) from the whole grain" to avoid potential rancidity; bleached with chemicals such as potassium bromate, azodicarbonamide, or chlorine dioxide gas)

(e) enervate (vt; Latin enervatus, past participle of enervare, from e- + nervus sinew — more at NERVE; First Known Use 1605):
"1: to reduce the mental or moral vigor of
2: to lessen the vitality or strength of"
www.m-w.com
(f) Whitman College
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitman_College
(a private liberal arts college located in Walla Walla [a city named after an Indian tribe of that name], Washington; Initially founded as a seminary in 1859)
(g) Middle America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_America
(may refer to: The American middle class, Midwestern United States, or Middle America (Americas))
(h) The critic mentions "the swanky, ever with-it Diana Vreeland."

* with it:
"Slang
1. Aware of or knowledgeable about the latest trends or developments
2. Mentally responsive and perceptive <I'm just not with it today>"
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/with+it

* be with it (verb): "be well-informed [syn: know the score]"
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/be+with+it