Les Leftovers

sort of a food history blog

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

FRENCH BREAD HISTORY: Early medieval bread

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This is the third in a series of posts on the history of French bread. The preceding post was on Gallo-Roman bread . The next installment...
Monday, February 16, 2015

FRENCH BREAD HISTORY: Gallo-Roman bread

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This is the second in a series of posts on the history of French bread. The first installment is on the bread of the Gauls.  The next insta...
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Jim Chevallier is a food historian with a checkered past and eclectic interests. His most recent book is "Feasting with the Franks; the First French Medieval Food'; this follows a history of French bread - "Before the Baguette: The History of French Bread" - and a small work on the women who delivered bread in Paris and other cities for over a century: "They Came Bearing Bread; the Hard Lives of the Porteuses de Pain'. CHOICE magazine named his "A History of the Food of Paris: From Roast Mammoth to Steak Frites" an Outstanding Academic Achievement for 2019; for more about this history of Parisian food, see parisfoodhistory,com . He has appeared on "CBS Sunday Morning" and other media outlets.
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