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The Oldest Known Bread Archeologists Found in a Fire Pit

We know bread is really old! The Archeological record shows us that bread predates even the earliest mentions of it in Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Ancient Greek texts, and even Sumerian...

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Hoe Cakes & Johnny Cakes: Enslaved Bread to Popular Food

Sometimes a food items that was mainly a slave food moves its way up to being a food that is loved throughout a group of people. This is very true for the Hoe Cakes of the South of the United States...

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Bread, a Universal Food: Why & Examples from Every Continent

Bread is defined as flour and water mixed together, often with yeast, and baked. It often has other ingredients in it, but at its core, bread is just flour and water. This simplicity is what makes...

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The First Leavened Bread: Bread, Beer, and Egypt

While Egypt was not the first bread maker, or may not have been the first maker of leavened bread, the improvements to the bread making process that Egypt made brought bread to be the star it now is...

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link to Chinese Bread? A Historical Review and 7 Modern Breads of China.

Chinese Bread? A Historical Review and 7 Modern Breads of China.

While the Chinese are known for their noodles which adorn most of the common dishes found in America, there are many breads that can be found throughout China. Historically these breads were made...

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Cornbread: American Staple Food with Branches Around the World

Maize, or Corn as we call it in America, is a staple crop of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America. This crop was used for much more than the sweet corn on the cob it has become...

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