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Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Six Thousand Years of Bread: Its Holy and Unholy History
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) H. E. Jacob
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Translated by Clara Winston
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Translated by Richard Winston
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Foreword by Peter Reinhart
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:416 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Cakes, baking, icing and sugarcraft |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781602391246
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Classifications | Dewey:641.815 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Skyhorse Publishing
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Imprint |
Skyhorse Publishing
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Publication Date |
6 December 2007 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
From ancient Egypt to modern times, bread has been essential, for survival. This work takes you through its history, examining its role in politics, religion and technology, and answers questions such as how bread caused Napoleon's defeat. It also describes the authors experiences subsisting on bread made of sawdust in a Nazi concentration camp. "In a colossal epic tale, Mr. Jacob has sketched world history--its folkways, its religion, its superstition, and its plagues, all in terms of bread." - Wall Street Journal
Author Biography
H. E. Jacob wrote some forty books during his prolific career, including biographies, poetry, dramas, and histories. After fleeing Nazi-occupied Germany, he moved to New York and gained American citizenship. In the early fifties he returned to Germany, where he died in 1967. Peter Reinhart is the author of many award-winning books on bread and culture, including The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread and Peter Reinhart's Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor. He is a baking instructor at Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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