Sulak1 Nick Sulak Lynn M. Raymond English 1102 March 12, 2014 History of ak!ri!s aking dat!

s "ack to as !arly as th! a"ylonians, #hom many "!li!$!d sho#!d th! Egy%tians in 2&00'2100 .(. )uring th!s! tim!s th! "aking of "r!ads had *ust start!d. Som! of th! "r!ads th!y #!r! "aking #!r! sha%!d into animals for sacrific!s. )uring th! fourth c!ntury +.). th! Roman Em%ir! had a ma*or influ!nc! on "aking. ,h! Roman-s had cr!at!d th! first %astry. )uring th! tim! of (hrist "aking #as $!ry "ig, "r!ads and "ak!d good #!r! %rofiting $!ry #!ll. ,h!r! #!r! at th! tim! thr!! hundr!d "ak!rs that #!r! in Rom!. ,h!n in 2.4'14/ .(. (ato r!cord!d all th! diff!r!nt ty%!s of "r!ads that #!r! cr!at!d som! #!r! kno#n as th! %r!t0!l, or th! fritt!rs, or "o#l cak!. 1rom th!n on th! Euro%!ans took o$!r, th!y start!d s%r!ading "aking throughout all of Euro%!. 2ith that all th! n!# %astri!s #! ha$! today #!r! disco$!r!d 34fist!r5. )oroth!a 6raft #as "orn in 7uly of 18.2. Sh! #as "orn in Eli0a"!th, N!# 7!rs!y to (ath!rin! and 6arl ackhaus. (ath!rin! and 6arl #!r! #orking class immigrants9 th!y originally cam! o$!r from :!rmany. (ath!rin! and 6arl o%!n!d a "ak!ry in north 7!rs!y, s%!cifically 2!stfi!ld. +s my grandmoth!r, )oroth!a, gr!# u%, sh! gr!# u% #orking and "!ing around th! "ak!ry lif!styl!. Sh! said sh! r!calls g!tting #ok!n u% as a t!!nag!r at th! ag! of fourth't!!n and #!nt do#nstairs and h!l%!d h!r fath!r "ak! all

Sulak2 th! "r!ads, %astri!s and d!ss!rts th!y #ould n!!d for that day. My grandmoth!r said sh! lo$!d th! sm!ll of th! "ak!ry in th! morning "!caus! all th! fr!sh "ak!d goods and th! o$!ns #!r! #arm cooking mor! goods. My grandmoth!r #h!n ; ask!d h!r a"out h!r childhood, said sh! lo$!d #orking in th! "ak!ry "ut com%ar!d to today-s "ak!ry it *ust is not th! sam!. My grandmoth!r said that "ack in th! 18.0'1840-s #h!n sh! #as around th! "ak!ry you #ould "ak! a ton of diff!r!nt ty%!s of goods. ,h! r!ason #as sh! said many %!o%l! cam! th!r! for th! "r!ads and %astri!s for th! #!!k. ;n addition th!y #ould "ak! !$!rything that morning. Sh! said today-s "ak!ri!s do not do *ustic! to th! amount of #ork n!!d!d y!ars ago. My grandmoth!r said that #ith this n!# t!chnology half th! #ork is don! for th! "ak!r. Sh! also said that "ak!ri!s today do not "ak! as much as th!y us!d to. 4!o%l! no# a days only go to "ak!ri!s for d!ss!rts and %astri!s on #!!k!nd mornings. ak!ri!s do not ha$! to "ak! as much as th!y us!d to "!caus! a

r!gular consum!r can go to th! food stor! and g!t fr!sh "r!ad or "agg!d "r!ad that #ill last th!m for th! #!!k. ,h! only tim! %!o%l! go to "ak!ri!s ar! for s%!cial occasions to g!t som! ty%! of "ak!d good or it is th! #!!k!nd and fath!rs and moth!rs ar! tr!ating th!ir childr!n 36raft5. ack in th! 1840-s th!r! #as a #oman nam!d (l!m!ntin! 4addl!ford. (l!m!ntin! #rot! an articl! call!d Food Flashes that #as originally %u"lish!d in 184<. ,h! articl! talks a"out that during th! 1840-s th! most %o%ular %astry #as +ng!l foods. ,h!s! foods #!r! hug!, th!y #!r! mad! in "ig %ans and lay!r!d on to% of on! anoth!r and it s!r$!d a lot of %!o%l!. ,h!s! cak!s #!r! s!nt around th! country, th! %ric! to s!nd

Sulak3 on! #as t#o dollars and fifty c!nts. +lso if you #!r! to s!nd "ack th! %an th! n!=t cak! #as only on! dollar and t#!nty'fi$! c!nts, you *ust had to shi% it to th! "ak!ry in N!# >ork (ity. ,h! r!ason th!s!s +ng!l 1ood (ak!s could "! shi%%!d all o$!r th! country #as th!y #!r! a"l! to stay fr!sh for u% to fourt!!n days. ,h! cak! didn-t go "ad as ?uickly "!caus! of th! ingr!di!nts us!d. ,h! %an that cak! #as in h!ld in th! fr!shn!ss and th! cak! its!lf #as airy and as a r!sult #as not going to go "ad or g!t soggy. ;n 184<, o$!r 400,00 cak!s %!r y!ar ar! sold, th!y could ha$! sold mor! "ut r!strictions on th! num"!r of %ans and th! amount of ingr!di!nts th!y ha$! 34addl!ford5. ,oday, th!r! ar! not as many "ak!ri!s as th!r! onc! #as ho#!$!r many schools and %!o%l! "!li!$! that th! "ak!ry industry is coming "ack. Many %!o%l! ar! still going to th! food stor!s to "uy th!ir "r!ads and %astri!s ho#!$!r som! %!o%l! ar! starting to go "ack to "ak!ri!s. +s a r!sult many "ak!rs f!!l that this #ill start a chang! in th! minds of th! !$!ryday consum!r and mor! and mor! %!o%l! #ill start to us! "ak!ri!s onc! again not *ust for %astri!s and d!ss!rts 3,h! School of (ulinary +rts5. ;n summation, "ak!ri!s us!d to "! a "ig d!al "ack in th! 18.0'1840-s. E$!ryday %!o%l! #ould go to th! "ak!ry and %urchas! th!ir "r!ads and "ak!d goods for hom!. 2h!r! as in today-s soci!ty many %!o%l! *ust go to th! food stor! and %urchas! #hat th!y n!!d. Ho#!$!r many %!o%l! "!li!$! that o$!r th! cours! of th! n!=t f!# y!ars many %!o%l! #ill start to us! "ak!ri!s mor! for "r!ads lik! th!y onc! did, inst!ad of *ust using th!m for th!r! %astri!s and d!ss!rts.

Sulak4 2orks (it!d 6raft, )oroth!a. 4!rsonal int!r$i!#. 14 7an. 2014. 4addl!ford, (l!m!ntin!. @1ood 1lash!s.@ Gourmet +ug. 184<A n. %ag. Gourmet.com. 2!". 11 Mar. 2014. 4fist!r, 1r!d. @History of aking.@ Pfisterconsulting.com. N.%., n.d. 2!". 11 Mar. 2014. ,h! School of (ulinary +rts. Learning the Art of Bakeries. Youtube.com. N.%., n.d. 2!". 11 Mar. 2014.