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History of Bread: From Pre-Historic to Modern Times

Name: History of Bread: From Pre-Historic to Modern Times
Author: John Ashton

John Ashton

Read by Carrie Mae Streb, Brize C, Anne O'Donoghue, TriciaG, J. M., marisad6, Kyle Donelan, Darby, Peter Yearsley and Laura Luchsinger · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (1:10)
Pre‑historic Bread (11:37)
Corn in Egypt and Assyria (7:15)
Bread in Palestine (25:35)
The Bread of the Classic Lands (18:14)
Bread in Eastern Lands (23:38)
Bread in Europe and America (21:05)
Early English Bread (34:57)
How Grain Becomes Flour (17:40)
The Miller and His Tolls (22:06)
Bread‑Making and Baking (19:54)
Ovens Ancient and Modern (10:38)
The Religious Use of Bread (13:26)
Ginger Bread and Charity Bread (15:05)
Bread Riots (10:51)
Legends about Bread (29:40)