Before the Baguette: The History of French Bread

A history of French bread from the first Neolithic flat breads up to the baguette, and an overview of developments since.

French bread has been prized in other countries since medieval times and the baguette today is made all over Asia (even in North Korea!). Yet histories of this very influential bread are lacking; this new work attempts to fill in that gap.

After a look at the earliest breads in France, the work turns to the Roman breads which became, in simpler form, the first medieval bre...