Food Security in Egypt “Twenty loaves of bread for the cost of a cigarette” 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.
A visit to an ancient Roman bakery Behind the scenes at the Mulino di Silvano in Ostia Antica Farrell Monaco has studied, and brought back to life, the canonical bread of Ancient Rome. Now she brings an ancient bakery back to life. Continue Reading →
Kernza crop failure could speed success If you hurry you can buy a box of cereal and support research into perennial crops Continue Reading →
A historian of bread on the history of bread "There is no good, no bad, only bread" William Rubel doesn’t think there is good bread or bad bread, but he knows what he likes. Continue Reading →
Dead, dead, and never called me mother The thing about a sourdough mother is not that it needs looking after but that it brings forth life. And it doesn’t need a cute name to do so. Continue Reading →