Bread is one of the oldest prepared foods, dating back to the Neolithic era. The first breads produced were cooked versions of a grain-paste, made from ground cereal grains and water, and may have been developed by accidental cooking or deliberate experimentation with water and grain flour. Descendants of these early breads are still commonly made from various grains worldwide, with the Mexican tortilla, Indian chapati, Chinese poa ping, Scots oatcake, North American johnnycake, and Ethiopian injera all being exam ...

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In 1993, Au Bon Pain Co. purchased the Saint Louis Bread Company and renovated the 20 bakery-cafés in the St. Louis area. In May 1999, in order to expand Panera Bread into a national chain, Au Bon Pain Co. divested itself of all other chains (including Au Bon Pain, which is now owned by Compass Group North America[1]). Au Bon Pain Co. then renamed itself Panera Bread Company. The Panera Bread Company now operates or franchises ...

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A bread clip is a device used to hold plastic bags (such as the ones presliced bread is commonly packaged in) closed. They are also commonly called bread tags or bread-bag clips. By sealing a bag more securely than tying or folding over its open end, the clip may preserve its contents longer. Sometimes the colour of the tag indicates the day on which it was baked. There are two different types of bread clips - a more common one-piece plastic clip, and a more complex mechanical clip. One particular design of bread ...

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Banana bread is a sweet, cakelike bread which contains mashed bananas. A quick bread, banana bread typically uses baking soda as the leavening agent instead of yeast and is baked from thick batter, rather than dough, requiring no kneading. Banana bread is usually baked in a rectangular loaf pan. Banana bread - History. Banana bread first became a standard feature of American cookbooks with the popularization of baking soda and baking powder in the 1930s (and appears in Pillsbury's 1933 Balanced R ...

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Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia "Waterford remains the untaken city" Waterford (Irish: Port Lairge) is, historically, the capital of County Waterford in Ireland, though today the city is administered separately from the county, the latter having its seat in Dungarvan. Waterford was Ireland's first city, founded by the vikings in 914 AD, which is approximately 1-2 hundred years older than Dublin. Today Waterford is the ...

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Cornbread is a variety of quick bread (a bread leavened chemically, rather than by yeast) containing cornmeal. Cornbread is a traditional staple of rural cuisine in the United States of America, especially in the Southern United States. A typical contemporary northern US cornbread (referred to in the South as "Yankee Cornbread") recipe contains half wheat flour, half cornmeal, milk, eggs, sugar, leavening agent and salt, resulting in a bread that is somewhat lighter and sweeter than its more traditional southern counterpart, wh ...

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Common wheat (also known as bread wheat) is by far the most important wheat species in cultivation today. Common wheat - Evolution. Bread wheat is a hexaploid free-threshing wheat closely related to spelt. As with spelt, genes contributed from goatgrass (Aegilops tauschii) give bread wheat greater cold hardiness than most wheats, and it is cultivated throughout the world's temperate regions. Common wheat - Recent history. Wheat first reached North America wi ...

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The tabernacle is the fixed locked box, sometimes inserted into a wall, in which, in a Roman Catholic or Anglican church, the Blessed Sacrament is reserved, or stored. When inserted into a wall, it may be called an aumbry. Church tabernacle - History. The following historical information is found, for instance, in the article The casing of the Eucharist[1] by Mauro Piacenza in 30DAYS, No.6 Year XXIII - June 2005. In early Christianity, priests and even lay people took bread consecrated ...

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The yeast used in baking is known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This species is also used in fermentation of beer and wine. Yeasts for leavening bread may be produced commercially or caught from the environment. Commercial yeast is prepared by taking one yeast cell, placing it in a test tube, and providing it with food and the moist, warm conditions it needs to thrive. Yeast can reproduce asexually, so it c ...

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Bethlehem (Arabic بيت لحم Bayt Laḥm ▶ (help·info) "house of meat"; Standard Hebrew בית לחם "house of bread", Bet léḥem / Bet láḥem; Tiberian Hebrew Bêṯ léḥem / Bêṯ lāḥem) (Greek: Βηθλεέμ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank and a hub ...

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The word apanage or appanage stems from the Late Latin apanare meaning “to give bread” (panem, compare the French court title Grand panetier), a pars pro toto for food and other necessities, hence for a "subsistence" income, notably in kind, as from assigned land. The system of appanage has greatly influenced the territorial construction of France and explains the flag of many provinces of France. Appanage - The original appanage: in France. Appan ...

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A burger or "burger sandwich" is a type of sandwich which consists of a hamburger bun or similar type of round bread, and a primary filling of a meat or vegetarian patty. The word "burger" is an abbreviation of the word "hamburger" (see the hamburger entry for an explanation of the hamburger's origins and history). Burgers made with beef are traditionally known as hamburgers, though, due to the profusion of burger types over the last few decades, are also often referred to these days as beef burgers. Other meats such as ...

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This article is the current Spanish Translation of the Week. Please help in translating this page if you can. The original article was at es:Gastronomía de España Techniques - Utensils Weights and measures Spices and Herbs Sauces - Soups - Desserts Cheese - Pasta - Bread Other ingredients Africa - Asia - Caribbean South Asian - Latin America Middle East - The West Other cuisines... Famous chefs< ...

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The bagel (or sometimes beigel) is a bread product traditionally made of yeasted wheat dough in the form of a roughly hand-sized ring which is boiled in water and then baked. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior. The dough may also be flavored to produce many varieties: salt, onion, garlic, egg, pumpernickel, rye, sourdough, whole wheat, multigrain, cinnamon-raisin, cheese, caraway, blueberry, and muesli among others. Bagels may be topped with seeds such as poppy or s ...

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