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Aug 2024
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The History of Bread from Prehistoric to...

SHARON HANDY
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Let’s kick off a month of requests from our Patreon raffle winners with more about the delicious staff of life. This time, bread baking for (19th century) beginners, yeasty science, and the complexities of communion wafers. Tasty!

 

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