History of Bread
Dublin Core
Title
History of Bread
Subject
This collection seeks to explain the rich history of bread, from the ancient origins to the soft white loaf that is commonplace today. There is a myriad of media types to explain and understand the history of the loaf, all helping to enrich and understand.
Description
The items in this collection are a story of the simplest and most fundamental of all foods: bread. From the origins of bread in modern day Jordan to the classic American Wonder bread, this collection is meant to provide a historical insight into the world of carbs. I've put a lot of loaf into these works and I hope that you enjoy walking through history with me.
Creator
Gabe Atkinson
Collection Items
Wonder Bread
The logo itself is blue, red, and yellow, and is a few large dots surrounding the actual brand "WONDER". This style of bread is a white, enriched, loaf that is sold pre-sliced and ready to eat. It is also very cheap and not very nutritional, which…
A Recipe for Ancient Bread
This picture shows a recipe for how to make bread in ancient times and the process that it entails. This recipe is incredibly simple and easy to replicate, with the biggest hurdle being finding the ingredients necessary. This process starts with…
Brewing and Baking
This article dives deep into the similarities between brewing and baking, with similarities being cereal grains and fermentation and differences being the end product and the exact details of the bread/beer making process. In fact, bread was commonly…
Good Bread Is Back: A Contemporary History of French Bread, the Way It Is Made, and the People Who Make It
This book is both a historical account and a love letter of the French bread making process. It is important to the history of bread because the French have been world renowned for their breads for centuries and the decline of their bread is a…
White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
This book is the journey of white bread in American society as it journeys from the "superfood" packed with nutrients that it began as, to the cheap and poor option in many supermarkets. This book explores diet trends as well, noting that recently…
Bread: A Global History
This book is a fascinating look at both ends of the spectrum of bread history. From the ancient origins of grains being ground into a pulp and cooked on hot rocks, to the modern advancements of biotechnology and major cultural forces, William Rubel…
The Muppet Show - Swedish Chef - Donuts
This video is a humorous interpretation of how to make doughnuts, performed by the Swedish Chef on Sesame Street. He uses a "boomershootin" to punch holes in "moofin[s]" and hence, they become doughnuts. This is an example of breads being used on a…
Medieval Portable Pie Oven 1465-1475
This picture illustrates a portable pie oven, in bright colors and a fair amount of medieval flair. The oven is round and wood fired and is being transported on wheels, while being dragged by two men, with two others throwing bread in and out of the…
History of Bread in America
This item is a very good overview of bread trends throughout American history. It does a very good job at glossing over and giving brief ideas, but it is a great resource to understand how bread was able to become mainstream, especially things like…
The Hirshon Wroclaw Medieval Trencher Bread
This is a picture of a recipe that has been pulled from a website, detailing the ingredients and process needed to make a trencher. This recipe is surprisingly simple, with the most time-consuming step being to leave the dough mixture overnight in…