Winter storm: Why do people stock up on bread, milk?
Paul Farhi wrote in 2005, “Bread is the host, the staff of life, a palpable object of survival. Milk is a no-brainer, too – it’s the sustenance that a mother provides an infant, a biblical promise (’a land flowing with milk and honey’), a smooth and nutritious foodstuff (except for the lactose-intolerant).”