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, ...

Yeast has been used for thousands of years in the production of beer and wine and for adding fluff and flavor to bread. They are nature’s tiny factories that can feed on sugars found in fruit and ...

Of all the ingredients that have been on and off grocery store shelves and in and out of online inventory, yeast seems to be one of the more elusive. Those of us who are not invested in sourdough rely ...