The Great British Bake Off effect

London

IN a big white tent nestled in the green fields of the English countryside, six bakers were putting their signature spin on dinner rolls.

They fretted over rising times and knelt, prayer-like, in front of their portable ovens, hoping to avoid the dreaded soggy bottoms the judges disdained. Wasps buzzed in their midst, looking for something sweet and sticky on which to land.