The Gift of Bread?

Bread has long been central to the heart and life of Near Eastern and Western cultures. For generations people have associated bread with food, and the availability of bread with good times and food security. In fact, the stories of successful and declining cultures are not complete without an account of the fate of their grain fields. The absence of bread, even the fear of a bread shortage, was often enough to cause riots or bring armies to a starving halt.

After all, who can think of the French peasants storming the Bastille and not also recall their cries for bread, or forget…