The secret life of yeast
The magic of sourdough
Gluten and the dough balloon
Fermenting around the world
Which French bread is famous for its long, thin shape and strict legal recipe standards?
What ingredient gives the classic Jewish bread challah its rich, yellow color and soft texture?
alicecooks Feed sugar to the sleeping yeast to discover how tiny microbes inflate your dough.
alicecooks Chinese mantou buns use yeast fermentation but are steamed instead of baked, resulting in a pale, soft, and moist texture.
Which tiny, iron-rich grain is fermented for several days to make the spongy Ethiopian flatbread called injera?
alicecooks Sourdough Symbiosis
The yeast can't eat the flour's maltose sugar (Oh no!), but helpful bacteria feed them glucose instead (Yeah they do!)
alicecooks Naan bread uses yogurt to feed yeast and soften the gluten, baking in minutes inside a superheated clay oven.
What dairy ingredient is traditionally added to Indian naan dough to tenderize gluten and aid fermentation?
What traditional clay oven is used to bake naan bread at temperatures exceeding 900 degrees Fahrenheit?
Space baking: In 2018, scientists designed a special oven and dough recipe to successfully bake fresh bread on the International Space Station.
What is the Japanese baking technique 'tangzhong' used to make bread exceptionally soft?
Why does the Ethiopian flatbread injera have a unique, spongy texture covered in tiny holes?
The chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms. Ancient Egyptian bakers utilized this microbial process to leaven wild yeast loaves as early as 3000 BCE.