Somewhere between a Red Lobster and a three-Michelin-star dining room lies the best free restaurant bread in America. For The Atlantic's May cover story, our staff writer Caity Weaver set out to find it, surveying more than 500 people and traveling 13,000 miles along the way. Restaurants have long been judged before the meal even begins by the bread they serve; Caity wanted to know which one actually delivers. For today's Daily, I spoke with her about how she'd chased down an answer, and what it takes to crown a basket of bread the 'best' in the country. Caity Weaver: I have a fantasy'somewhere between a hope and a private religion'that when you die, you meet God, and he answers every question you have. The first question I put on my mental list as a kid was, Did I pick up more spare change than I dropped' (I'd like God to provide both numerical totals.) What is the best free restaurant bread in America' is a query in the same vein. It popped into my head many years ago, when I was...
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