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A farmer in Ethiopia cradles a handful of maslin, mixed grains including different varieties of wheat and barley that are grown together.
science

This Nearly Lost Ancient Grain Tradition Could Be the Future of Farming

A past global staple you've never heard of, maslins are poised for a comeback.
Gemma Tarlach October 13, 2022
A sweet bread made with whole wheat Jordanian flour by artisan baker Ruba Asi.
bread

In Jordan, an Ancient Bread Tradition Rises Again

Al Barakeh Wheat Project resurrects the nation's heritage grain and, with it, a bygone communal culture.
Sam Lin-Sommer October 7, 2022
Gold miners weren't especially good at baking.
gold rush

San Francisco’s Famous Sourdough Was Once Really Gross

Gold miners made themselves sick on smelly, hard loaves.
Amanda Herbert and David Woodworth September 21, 2022
A housewife showing off a loaf of all-important sliced bread.
bread

Remembering When America Banned Sliced Bread

During World War II, the U.S. government turned to drastic rationing measures.
Diana Hubbell September 7, 2022
Communist officials from the ruling Albanian Party of Labour including Enver Hoxha, 2nd from left, wave and clap during national celebrations, 1973.
food

How Albania's Government Kneaded Secret Documents Into Dough

Records reveal half-baked methods of destruction.
Naomi Tomky August 24, 2022
Bath, England

Sally Lunn's

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."
medieval

For Centuries, English Bakers' Biggest Customers Were Horses

A crusty, dense bread got the country's hardworking equines through long days.
Sam Lin-Sommer July 22, 2022
Whanganui, New Zealand

Jackson's Rēwena Bread

This bakery sells traditional Māori sourdough.
Cheryl Holbert's elaborate shlissel challah has a sunburst motif.
food

This Challah Is Key to Good Fortune After Passover

Shlissel challah is a centuries-old Jewish tradition.
Karen Chernick April 20, 2022
These breads have been traditionally decorated for Easter.
food

The Powerful Symbolism of Ukraine's Easter Bread

All around the world, bakers are making paska in solidarity.
Anne Ewbank April 18, 2022
Maria Cristina Borgazzi, the daughter of Noemi, who opened the eponymous trattoria in 1958, holding one of the restaurant's main dishes: pasticcio.
food

The Italian Town Where You Can Eat Like a Renaissance Royal

Residents of Ferrara dine like 16th-century dukes.
Rebecca Ann Hughes February 22, 2022
The Bread Lab's grains are very different from what's in most grocery store flour.
science

Welcome to the Bread Lab

These scientists want you to love whole wheat.
Susannah Skiver Barton February 15, 2022
Gastro Obscura

Korovai

The Ukrainian wedding bread is so beautiful, it's displayed near the altar.
A recently-unearthed pot of rye bread sits on the shore of Lake Laugarvatn.
hot springs

The Icelandic Bakery That Buries Its Bread in Hot Springs

Laugarvatn Fontana's sweet, cakey rye gets baked by geothermal energy.
Tiffany Eastham January 17, 2022
libraries

Podcast: Sourdough Library

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 12, 2021
The finished cottage loaf, left, with a simple version of <em>boeuf en daube</em>.
food

Virginia Woolf and the Complexities of Cottage Loaf

The famous feminist’s love for baking helps us understand her relationship with food, class, and mental illness.
Reina Gattuso September 24, 2021
The Biddenden Maids sign
Biddenden, England

Biddenden Maids

Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst were the first famous conjoined twins in England, but it's not clear when they were born.
science

Podcast: Sourdough Library

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team May 5, 2021