The History of Bread, by John Ashton, Part 3

<p>Let’s return to the relaxing world of bread and fall asleep to European peasant loaves, the origin of the croissant, and the heraldry of London’s bread guilds. Delish!</p> <p>Also, I announce our December raffle for supporters! Support us on Patreon or Buy Me A Coffee by December 24th to be entered to win a three-month subscription (that's three free audiobooks!) from <a href="tidd.ly/3d2svZL">Libro.fm</a>. Yay!</p> <p><span style= "color: #030303; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f9f9f9; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> Patreon: <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod">www.patreon.com/boringbookspod</a></span></p> <p><span style= "color: #030303; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f9f9f9; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> Buy Me A Coffee: <a href= "http://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW">www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Read "The History of Bread” at Project Gutenberg: <a href= "https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53219" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53219</a></span></p> <p>Music: "Peace" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help