James Beard said it: “Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods.” And almost no bread tastes better than a hot, crusty loaf pulled from your own oven, made by your own hands ...

Recently, there seems to be a renewed interest in sourdough bread, with hundreds of people developing their own starters and practicing home-made recipes. Though making sourdough bread has become a ...

I’ve been following Melissa Weller ever since she was baking bread out of a shipping crate for the Brooklyn restaurant Roberta’s. Trained as a chemical engineer, she’s done stints at Sullivan Street ...

Welcome to Cookbook of the Week. This is a series where I highlight cookbooks that are unique, easy to use, or just special to me. While finding a particular recipe online serves a quick purpose, ...

Who doesn't love Homemade Bread? This list has every type of bread imaginable pulled together for all your baking needs.

Instead of chucking it in the trash, Andrea Mathis, RDN, an Alabama-based dietitian, says there are more than a few uses for stale bread in healthy cooking. We’ve all been there—you get a hankering ...

Mr. Bittman is a co-author of “Bittman Bread: No-Knead Whole Grain Baking for Every Day.” America is no longer a Wonder Bread nation. Gone are the days when bleached, sliced and plastic-wrapped bread ...