Bread That Shaped History
Bread prices helped start revolutions, and Roman bakers stamped their loaves.
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Bread prices helped start revolutions, and Roman bakers stamped their loaves.
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1Mould, caves and rind fights: the cheeses that became famous by refusing to be rushed.
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1Rulers banned it, and the coffeehouses that sold it became where newspapers were born.
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1Families fold a coin into one New Year dumpling, and whoever bites it gets the luck.
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1Once you could buy a turkey hen with 100 cacao beans, and the bar came much later.
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1A drink born in Taiwanese tea shops now has its own museum and national day.
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1Cacao seeds ferment in heaps for days before they ever taste like chocolate.
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1Some of the world's priciest scents start with whale waste and the glands of musk deer.
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1Instant noodles were invented in a backyard shed, and later slurped in space.
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1A coach poured rubber into his wife's waffle iron and made a famous running sole.
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1The Dutch traded Manhattan away to keep a tiny island full of nutmeg.
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1How the world makes a ceremony of a cup of tea, from Kyoto to Marrakech.
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1How a humble leaf sparked smuggling, revolt and war, and reshaped empires.
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1Tapping two fingers on the table thanks whoever just poured your tea.
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1Decaf still contains caffeine, and instant coffee starts as brewed coffee.
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1Vanilla from orchids, 'crab' sticks without crab, and cheese that began in a lining.
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