From the first flatbreads baked on hot stones in prehistoric camps to the sourdough revivals of modern cities, The History of Bread: From Prehistoric to Modern Times traces humanity's most enduring food across millennia. This richly woven narrative follows bread through ancient Egyptian bakeries, Roman granaries, medieval guildhalls, and industrial flour mills, revealing how a humble mixture of grain and water shaped religions, economies, wars, and empires. Blending archaeology, science, and vivid storytelling, the book shows that the story of bread is, ultimately, the story of civilization itself—and of our unbroken bond with the earth's harvests.
