Lunch Break

Biscuits Emerge as The Summer’s Key to a Better Sandwich

The Southern favorite is hitting peak popularity in home kitchens and on delivery apps. A new book shows how to make them perfect.

Rolled biscuits from The Good Book of Southern Baking.

Photographer: Oriana Koren

Editor’s Note: As more people are working from home, Bloomberg Pursuits is running a weekly Lunch Break column that highlights a notable recipe from a favorite cookbook and the hack that makes it genius.

Breads have taken over Americans’ culinary attention during the pandemic, whether it’s banana bread, French toast, or, of course, sourdough loaves.