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Breads, Flatbreads and Savory Pastries

Dishes built around a baked or griddled dough, whether leavened bread, flatbread or a savory or sweet pastry. Belongs here: Baklava, Blini, Croissant, Injera, Khachapuri, Langos, Pizza Margherita, Roti. Does not belong here: a grain dish that is not itself a baked dough, such as a rice or couscous dish, grouped under rice, grain and starch dishes.

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Era of EmergenceSourced to the subject's own account
12,500 BCE 1
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1. Bread (Wikipedia)
WikipediaBread, History section, Natufian site
Quote, Bread, History section, Natufian site
The oldest evidence of bread-making has been found in a 14,500-year-old Natufian site in Jordan's northeastern desert.
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