I'll be honest: I haven't always been good at making bread. Mixing flour and water is fine, and I think kneading by hand is fun. It's the yeast that causes trouble. Yeast is essential to good bread, ...

When baking bread at home, be it shokupan (a long-lasting fluffy bread also called Pai Bao) or a quintessential sourdough farm loaf, the ratio can make or break things. Baking with yeast can sometimes ...

A peasant bread recipe has been featured in this column before, and the technique is an outstanding way to experiment with bread baking, especially if you are a newcomer to the bread-baking scene. I ...