Bread history
Leavening in colonial kitchens: avoid a single story
One period recipe is evidence for that recipe, not every household.
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Bread history
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Bread history
Indigenous food traditions: name the community and process
Do not turn diverse maize traditions into one invented sourdough origin story.
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Ancient bread: evidence is not an invention story
Bread-like remains, leavening and sourdough are related but distinct claims.
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Gold-rush sourdough: keep California and the Klondike separate
Similar stories from different places cannot be exchanged without evidence.
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Comparing bread traditions without flattening them
Name the product, ingredients and leavening method.
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Sourdough in Britain: what the available evidence can say
Separate a breadmaking milestone from claims about a market boom.
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