The Baker’s Craft: A Short History

By A.M. Steve Volk

This book is a collection of Steve Volk’s journey as a teacher of vocational industrial education for the unemployed. This is his experience teaching and sharing his skills as a master baker.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Oct 24, 2018
• ISBN: 9781532060267

A.M. Steve Volk

Steve Volk have worked and instructed over 1000 students in the Basics of Ice carving, starting at Elmendorf AFB Alaska & Mitchel AFB NY in the early 50’s. Later in in the early 60’s at West Valley & Canada Colleges. In the 80’s At Pacific Coast College Sacramento and the best of all, Bakers Handcraft Training.

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-6025-0 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2018912129

iUniverse rev. date: 10/10/2018

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THE BAKERS CRAFT - A SHORT HISTORY

by

Adolph M. (Steve) Volk

Of all foods, none is so closely linked with the course of human history as bread. Breadmaking commenced when primitive man first pounded edible grains between two large stones, mixing the resultant meal with water and baking the mixture on hot, flat stones. It is interesting at this point to note the direct linkage between the primitive hot stone and the modern hot plate.

It has always been accepted that the first reference to a baker in history is contained in the 40th chapter of Genesis. It refers to Pharaoh’s chief baker, who was hanged. The words chief baker seems proof of the fact that baking had been established as a craft and was not solely a domestic practice.

It was the chance discovery of a cuneiform tablet some years ago that changed this conception, for, when it was deciphered, an earlier baker stepped out