Ritual FoodsCross-Cultural
Why Do We Have Birthday Cake? Candles, Counts and Greeks
The Greek moon-cake story is mostly retelling. The first well-documented birthday cake with candles is a count's in Germany in 1746.
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AncientCross-Cultural
Why Bread Matters in Most Cultures, and Where It Doesn't
The oldest bread is 14,400 years old, baked before farming began. Why religions, empires and riots all centered on the loaf, and why rice cultures came to it late.
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