MY HUSBAND is from West Virginia and therefore prides himself on his Appalachian-style resourcefulness. And so, one weekend at a rental house, far from the nearest grocery store, I wasn’t surprised ...

Baking bread is a race between the expanding force of the carbon dioxide produced by the yeast, which makes bread rise, and the stiffening of the crust as it dries, which keeps the loaf from expanding ...

BAKING bread is a race between the expanding force of the carbon dioxide produced by the yeast, which makes bread rise, and the stiffening of the crust as it dries, which keeps the loaf from expanding ...

Yeast is one of those ingredients you buy in the grocery store for baking without thinking twice about it. Sometimes the small packets sit unused for months in the cupboard, until the desire to bake a ...

Growing up, I wasn’t a huge cheese fan, but I enjoyed it. Like many kids, parmesan on my pasta, pizza and mac and cheese were probably my favorite forms. But I was a picky eater, so I preferred ...

Nothing says cozy like homemade bread. I first discovered the unusual addition of cooked rice in bread years ago in "English Bread and Yeast Cookery," written by the venerable British author Elizabeth ...

Yeast: It’s an essential ingredient for bread. After all, without it, your bread will be as flat as a pancake! Here’s a ...