A soft, sweet bread made with eggs and butter, often shaped into rolls.
From French brioche, possibly from Old French brier (to break or knead). The bread originated in Normandy, France, in the 15th century and the word entered English in the 18th century.
Marie Antoinette supposedly said 'let them eat cake' ('Qu'ils mangent de la brioche'), but historians now think this was propaganda—yet the quote shows how brioche became a symbol of aristocratic luxury that the poor couldn't afford.
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