Pallant’s “Sourdough Culture: A History of Bread Making From Ancient to Modern Bakers,” details his quest to find the origins of his sourdough starter. The book comes out on September 14.

Only in the last hundred years has making light, airy breads been a certainty. Before that, breadmaking took years of experience and a generous measure of luck. Early humans made bread by mixing cr… ...

The history. Little food remains in the ruins of Pompeii, making these loaves discovered in an oven by Giuseppe Fiorelli in 1862, even more intriguing.

Blackley, an amateur Egyptologist, often thinks about this ancient baker as he attempts to re-create the bread of 2000 B.C. “I’m trying to learn from you, my friend,” he tweeted , as if ...

S ourdough baking may have seemed like a trend at times, but the ancient bread-making method is here to stay. Fads like crookies, cronuts, and cupcakes all fade in comparison when you consider the ...

Physicist, Xbox creator, and 'bread nerd' Seamus Blackley used ancient techniques—and 4,500-year-old yeast—to make a pandemic bread like no other ...

Since ancient times, bread has been a staple in the diets of many cultures around the world. Back then, bread […] ...

The idea of making modern bread out of old-style grains isn’t new. For decades, Glendale-based Food for Life has been making Ezekiel 4:9 Bread, inspired by the list of grains in the Bible ...

Humans ate sourdough bread in ancient times and it's remained a traditional part of the diets in some countries and regions. Now Baltic scientists have reinvented this centuries-old technique for ...

Pallant’s “Sourdough Culture: A History of Bread Making From Ancient to Modern Bakers,” details his quest to find the origins of his sourdough starter. The book comes out on September 14.