In the next public talk of the Saturday morning series at Il-Ħaġar Museum, Dr Noel Buttigieg will discuss 𝐵𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑-𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ-𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑎. Bread was the most fundamental means of survival for the majority of early modern society. Like other Mediterranean communities, the eighteenth-century Maltese population was profoundly dependent on the acquisition, distribution, processing, and consumption of bread. The Maltese archipelago’s strict reliance on grain imports from Sicily is best illustrated by the complexities surrounding the efficient distribution of grain supplies. Beyond the well-known political intrigues and economic negotiations related to grain acquisition, this public talk by Dr Buttigieg will delve into the grain-bread cycle, exploring various aspects of bakers’ activities that have so far gone unnoticed.