The Story of a Loaf of Bread
Thomas Barlow Wood
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
According to the author in the preface, he has "ventured to write this little book with some diffidence, for it deals with farming, milling and baking, subjects on which everyone has his own opinion." The earlier chapters give a brief sketch of the growing and marketing of wheat, followed by chapters on various aspects that impact the quality of wheat, the baking process and the characteristic of the final product, bread. The author aimed at making the reader realise that the farmer’s share in the production of the staple food of the people is by no means the simple affair it appears to be. - Summary by Leni (3 hr 28 min)
Chapters
| Wheat-growing | 23:53 | Read by Karl Thornton |
| Marketing | 21:47 | Read by jenno |
| The Quality of Wheat | 31:13 | Read by jenno |
| The Quality of Wheat from the Miller's Point of View | 33:58 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| The Milling of Wheat | 26:05 | Read by realisticspeakers |
| Baking | 25:53 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| The Composition of Bread | 15:54 | Read by mpcarlisle |
| Concerning Different Kinds of Bread | 30:11 | Read by Linda Johnson |