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Bread is a food consisting of flour or meal that is moistened, kneaded into dough, and often fermented using yeast, and it has been a major sustenance since prehistoric times. With the right ingredients, it can be a source of complex carbohydrates and B vitamins (add whole wheat, and you increase its nutritional value). Through synecdoche, its name rose to refer to any source of food or sustenance. Reference to a path to sustenance followed in the 18th century. "I was under no necessity of seeking my bread," recounts Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Dough had already been used to refer to money in 19th-century slang and, in a natural extension, bread was served with the same meaning in the jazz and beat slang of the mid-20th century ("Dean just raced in society, eager for bread and love," writes beatnik Jack Kerouac).
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Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 14 Apr. 2024
The cafe will also sell classic Colombian cheese bread, which holds a special place in both Yett’s and Betancur’s hearts.
—Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
The menu will also feature homemade bread, the group's award-winning sauces, accompaniments, and award-winning wines.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
Serve this skillet meal alongside something that will capture all the savory, schmaltzy sauce — crusty bread, rice or noodles.
—Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
The bread’s subtle sweetness will complement the salty, Dijon tang.
—Kara Peeler, Sunset Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
But if your pet is larger than a bread box, your options are limited to the cargo or baggage check-in options, with very few exceptions.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Goats aside, the island is also known for its local LSD bread, which was outlawed in the 1950s, and is a popular tourist stop for sail boats and volcano aficionados, who can see nearby Stromboli’s constant eruptions.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
For food, the team leader would buy cheap bread, ham, and cheese from the supermarket to make sandwiches.
—TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
Kara Peeler, Sunset Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
First introduced in 2020, the Spicy Chicken McNuggets are breaded with a tempura coating of cayenne and chili peppers, per a press release.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
To walk into the spice shop and discover what fenugreek is or to go to the Arab Women’s Union that my grandmother was one of the founders of and buy some of these delicious spinach breads to eat while exploring the town.
—Anastasia Miari, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2024
Calabash-style seafood is lightly breaded right off the boat, and there are plenty of restaurants featuring the local fare.
—Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024
Also expect to find typical boneless chicken wings ($9.95), breaded, fried and tossed in one of three possible sauces.
—James Patrick Kelly, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Its large chicken tenders are first brined, then breaded, fried, and spiced.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2024
In another heretical post, Lee deep fries a whole fresh black truffle after submerging it in an egg wash and breading it with Shake ‘N Bake.
—Adam Reiner, Bon Appétit, 6 Jan. 2024
In short order, Pandya, who's been eating here since high school, filled our table with seafood dishes swimming in red gravy or delicately breaded and fried, like bombil fry, or Bombay duck, as the fish is known in local parlance (and yes, it has since been added to Dhamaka's menu).
—Alex Bhattacharji, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Dec. 2023
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“Bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bread. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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