Bread Baking
An Artisan's Perspective
Chapter One
The History
of Bread
Making
Learning
Outcomes:
* Identify the many critical junctures in world history related to society's
need for bread.
* Describe the evolution of bread from its primitive origins through its
modern-day form.
* Identify the key role wheat plays in the development of leavened bread.
* Define fermentation.
* Understand the evolution of the short, intensive, and improved mixing
methods.
* Discuss how artisan bread baking evolved as a reaction to misguided
baking techniques.
Bread's Impact on Basic Survival
Bread used to be so important to everyday existence that its scarcity or abundance
could affect the history of kingdoms and empires. You've probably read about epic
struggles for existence, wars of succession, and the overthrow of governments in
your high school or college history classes. A surprising number of these events illustrate
the historical and cultural importance of bread. This chapter demonstrates
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