{"product_id":"sourdough-culture-9781572843462","title":"Sourdough Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe essential history of bread baking and sourdough’s rise to a global phenomenon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSourdough bread fueled the labor that built the Egyptian pyramids. The Roman Empire distributed free sourdough loaves to its citizens to maintain political stability. More recently, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, sourdough bread baking became a global phenomenon as people contended with being confined to their homes and sought distractions from their fear, uncertainty, and grief. In \u003ci\u003eSourdough Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, environmental science professor Eric Pallant shows how throughout history, sourdough bread baking has always been about survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eSourdough Culture\u003c\/i\u003e presents the history and rudimentary science of sourdough bread baking from its discovery more than six thousand years ago to its still-recent displacement by the innovation of dough-mixing machines and fast-acting yeast. Pallant traces the tradition of sourdough across continents, from its origins in t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Surrey Books,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50083766665559,"sku":"9781572843462","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781572843462.jpg?v=1740724892","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sourdough-culture-9781572843462","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}