Aug 30, 2023 | Bread History, Musings
Nothing is better than the smell of freshly baked sourdough bread or the taste of a still warm slice of sourdough bread with butter. But is it? There are celebrated artisan bakers who say a sourdough bread should rest for one to two days before slicing and eating it....
Aug 2, 2023 | Bread History
I never really thought much about bread crumbs. Great for breading meat or veggies and making foods crisp —but that’s about it. Until recently, when I read about bread making since the 1500s and realized there is a story behind bread crumbs. As some of the first...
Jul 19, 2023 | Bread History
Pizza is one of Americans’ favorite foods, quintessential Italian with roots in ancient Greece. Pizza at its most basic is a flat bread with toppings, such as herbs and cheese. But as archaeologists recently found, toppings traditionally included fruit and nuts....
Mar 8, 2023 | Bread History
Yes, the baguette is about 100 years old. Its first mentions were in 1922, which of course indicates that the first baguettes were baked at least a few years before. Still, I was surprised to read that it is a fairly recent “invention,” given the baguette is maybe the...
