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Episode 2: Bread, the 14,000 year old bite!
Every time you bite into bread, you’re taking part in something ANCIENT.
In this episode, we go deep on bread as the ultimate “never just food” food.
We’re talking what early bread looked like, how bread evolved through civilizations, and the science behind why yeast bread and sourdough taste and behave differently. Then we zoom out to the cultural side of bread, including why it shows up everywhere, and how it’s often tied to hospitality.
In this episode:
The oldest evidence of bread making (before agriculture was even a thing)
What early bread likely looked like
Bread in Ancient Egypt and…
The skinny
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