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The Art of Making Bread in the Stone Age

By Rachel Laudan January 10, 2013 Bread, Food History, Grinding 8 Comments

I thought it was about time I had a new header more appropriate for a historian.  And since I enjoy collecting and dissecting pictures of people grinding grains, I’ve put…

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Bread first or beer first? A bad question

By Rachel Laudan November 21, 2009 Bread, Drink, Food History, Grinding 6 Comments

Which came first, bread or beer? The very possibility that we brewed beer before we baked bread sounds–well–it sounds sexy.  How titillating to think that people rushed to make something…

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