French toast is a dish of sliced bread soaked in beaten eggs and often milk or cream, then pan-fried. Alternative names and variants include eggy bread, Bombay toast, gypsy toast, and poor knights (of Windsor).
French toast served at a restaurant
Portuguese rabanadas, traditionally served at Christmas
Hong Kong-style French toast
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made foods, having been of significance since the dawn of agriculture, and plays an essential role in both religious rituals and secular culture.
Various leavened breads
Woman baking bread (c. 2200 BC); Louvre
Brown bread (left) and whole grain bread
Dark sprouted bread