the process of cooking by dry heat in an oven
from Old English 'bacan' meaning 'to bake'
BAKING makes everything better - from BREAKING bread to WAKING up to fresh cookies!
Domestic cooking tasks, especially baking, became coded as 'feminine' in 19th-20th century marketing and domestic ideology, despite professional baking being male-dominated historically.
Use without gendered assumptions; note that professional bakers span all genders and baking has rich cultural traditions across communities.
Women professional pastry chefs and bakers like Dominique Crenn and Shannon Twitty have elevated the craft; acknowledge that culinary innovation is gender-inclusive.
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