Although popular for centuries, the bread-and-cheese ordeal, like many other “divine judgments,” began to lose credibility.

The wheel, the catapult and all those other ancient mechanical inventions were nifty, but culinary innovations – bread, wine and cheese – had at least as much impact on the world and altered ...

I learned my version of bread sauce from my mother. And it turns out that the sauce has been passed down through the generations for a good 500 years.