Bakers ferment dough for a well-risen loaf of bread. Brewers ferment wheat and barley for a smooth, malty glass of beer. And as nature's foremost bakers and brewers, some microbes can do even more.

Do you find yourself tossing away the crusts of your bread? You're not alone, but the scale of bread waste is staggering. Around 10% of the 185 million tons of bread baked worldwide each year is ...

Breanne Kostyk makes fantastic bagels. Her New Orleans-based bagel shop, Flour Moon Bagels, has received national attention, as her bagels rival the best bagels New York has to offer — the highest ...

This Same Day Sourdough Bread is made with more active starter and fermented in a warm spot so you can mix the dough in the morning and bake it by dinner. It’s an easy way to get crusty, homemade ...

Sourdough relies on a mix of wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria, rather than baker’s yeast, to leaven the dough. It’s richer in nutrients, less likely to spike your blood sugar, contains lower ...