What’s on the Breads poster
A 9-row table: Bread · From · Defined by.
Broad families and their defining characteristic.
- Sourdough — Europe — Wild yeast, long ferment
- Baguette — France — High hydration, steam, crust
- Ciabatta — Italy — Very wet dough, open crumb
- Focaccia — Italy — Oil-rich, dimpled
- Naan — South Asia — Yoghurt, tandoor
- Roti / chapati — South Asia — Unleavened, dry griddle
- Pita — Middle East — High heat, steam pocket
- Tortilla — Mexico — Masa or wheat, unleavened
- Injera — Ethiopia — Teff, fermented, spongy
Pita puffs because steam forms faster than it can escape. It needs a very hot surface — a cool oven produces a flatbread.
Questions about the Breads poster
- What’s on the Breads poster?
- A 9-row table: Bread · From · Defined by. Broad families and their defining characteristic. Sourdough — Europe — Wild yeast, long ferment; Baguette — France — High hydration, steam, crust; Ciabatta — Italy — Very wet dough, open crumb; Focaccia — Italy — Oil-rich, dimpled; Naan — South Asia — Yoghurt, tandoor; Roti / chapati — South Asia — Unleavened, dry griddle; Pita — Middle East — High heat, steam pocket; Tortilla — Mexico — Masa or wheat, unleavened; Injera — Ethiopia — Teff, fermented, spongy. Pita puffs because steam forms faster than it can escape. It needs a very hot surface — a cool oven produces a flatbread.
- Who is the Breads poster for?
- Breads belongs to the Kitchen section rather than to a school year, because food is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning cuisines can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Breads poster?
- Hydration, fat and leavening. Almost every bread is a point in that three-dimensional space. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Breads belongs on the wall where that food work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Breads?
- Chinese Pantry, French Foundations and Indian Spice Box sit alongside Breads in the Kitchen section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Chinese PantryFrench FoundationsIndian Spice Box
- Is the Breads poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Breads downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Kitchen section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Breads poster print at?
- Breads is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Breads loses nothing.Printing guide
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