In the end, the meaning of chametz rests on history and tradition, and new traditions are possible.

Ordinarily, evading food rationing in times of war is considered a crime. There are times when it must be accepted as a necessity.

The price of subsidised bread in Egypt has not changed in decades, though the bread shrunk. That remains a huge challenge to security, for the government and the people.

Farrell Monaco has studied, and brought back to life, the canonical bread of Ancient Rome. Now she brings an ancient bakery back to life.

There isn’t an easy way to build a playlist, at least I haven’t found one. This is the next best thing, links to pages that gather all the episodes on selected specific topics. I hope to keep adding to these. Bread All of the micro-episodes on the history of wheat and bread, originally broadcast as […]

Real mocha, real kitchens, real whiskey, real gardening. Keeping it unreal.

Bready things, bookish things, historic things and fraudulent things. But if you want to know what I think, you should subscribe.

“Old” wheats, old yeast, old feast plus my holiday gifts to you.

From Russia to New Zealand, a sackful of food-related stories

Microbe friends and microbe enemies — with a side of sloppy joes