Bread
A Global History
Distributed for Reaktion Books
“A fun, smartly written series appropriate for a popular audience that likes to eat . . . the Edible series books provide level-headed and enjoyable overviews of food culture . . . These will create a little library that any foodie will be proud to show off . . . aesthetically pleasing volumes with decent content that would make good presents.”
“Through Rubel’s eyes, this seemingly simply category of food—a side to any dish and vehicle for any topping—tells a cultural history of humans from the center of the table. . . . Rubel clearly has a deep fascination for the world of bread, and will give a taste of that same fascination to readers.”
“A cute 150 page history of baking, from Mesopotamia to the present. . . . Neither too light nor total fluff.”
“Bread: A Global History is an informative and lighthearted book about our staff of life. The book is slender to the hand, but packed with history, facts, and stories. . . . Fascinating.”
“In discussing bread one can ‘find oneself talking about some of the largest issues of history and society,’ as William Rubel notes in his sprightly primer . . . [he] is well versed in early history and archaeology . . . engaging as well as controversial.”
1. The Early History of Bread
2. Bread as a Social Marker
3. Parameters of Taste
4. World of Bread: An Eccentric Travelogue
5. Bread in the Twenty-first Century
Recipes
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Websites and Associations
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
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