Our Daily Bread: A Meditation on the Cultural and Symbolic Significance of Bread Throughout History by Predrag Matvejević

Our Daily Bread: A Meditation on the Cultural and Symbolic Significance of Bread Throughout History

Predrag Matvejević with Christina Pribićević-Zorić (Translator), Christina Pribićević-Zorić (Translator)

168 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history reflective medium-paced
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Our Daily Bread charmingly weaves together the customs, rituals, anecdotes, legends and sayings that tell the story of bread, from Mesopotamia, through Egypt, to the Far East, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the New World. Matvejevic shows how b...

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