Perhaps your favorite bakery has closed temporarily, and you find the pale loaves on ransacked shelves almost as sad as the evening news. Or maybe everyone posting and naming their starters on ...

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This beginner-friendly Dutch oven bread uses simple pantry ingredients and a no-knead method that does most of the work for ...

There's plenty to love about St. Patrick's Day, but few more enjoyable than a delicious slice of soda bread - with or without butter or the topping of your choice. Here's an easy Irish soda bread ...

From the first moment I tore into a loaf of no-knead bread, I was hooked: the crackly crust, the chewy, open crumb, the slightly tangy flavour. There’s something magical about excellent bread that ...

This bread involves far less muss and fuss than old-fashioned yeast breads and is flexible enough to fit into most schedules. The essential long, slow first rise (never skimp on the minimum 12 hours, ...

One of the good things about making bread in the summer is that it’s usually warm enough to get a good rise. There’s no turning on the oven just to make sure it’s warm enough for the yeast to do its ...

Excellent served along with many cheeses, smoked meats and hearty stews, this full-bodied but not heavy bread tastes much like traditional rye breads containing caraway seeds. However, because rye ...

In 2006, it changed the face of baking. Now, J. Kenji López-Alt takes a fresh look at Jim Lahey and Mark Bittman’s revolutionary recipe. No-knead bread was “the recipe that democratized bread-baking,” ...