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the only person who weighs flour and time with equal religious devotion.
means A person who makes bread, cakes, and other goods by baking, especially as a trade.
from From Old English bæcere, an agent noun built on bacan, 'to bake' — the same root that gives us 'batch,' literally a baking's worth of bread. It belongs to a wide Germanic family (compare German backen, Dutch bakken) and may reach further back to a root meaning 'to warm' or 'to roast.' The word also left its mark on surnames: 'Baxter' was once the feminine form, the woman who baked.
- baker's dozen
- Thirteen, to dodge medieval fines for short loaves
- wake time
- Often clocks in before 3 a.m. daily
- surname origin
- One of the oldest English occupational last names
- gluten science
- Kneading builds protein webs that trap rising gas
- steam trick
- Pros spray ovens to forge crackling crusts
josephine baker — french-american dancer and singer who performed in paris in the 1920s, became international star
anita baker — american soul and r&b singer, won 8 grammy awards, known for rich contralto voice
ginger baker — british drummer for cream in the 1960s, pioneered heavy rock drumming