Defending $4 Toast

There's been a lot of head-shaking lately over a few pieces of dough, in an episode of life-in-food we can say involves people creating drama over something pretty small, just because they can.

The culprit at the center of the latest storm is a piece of toast. That's right, toast.

I should start by mentioning that when someone pitched me on toast as a rising food trend about a year and a half ago, I...