Bread

Bakeries demand price increase for price-controlled bread

Israeli flour mills announced a 10% to 15% price hike due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Price-controlled bread manufacturers plan to seek Economy Ministry approval for increases.

Slicing a bread.
The mummy of an iceman named Oetzi, discovered on 1991 in the Italian Schnal Valley glacier, is displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Bolzano on February 28, 2011 during an official presentation of the reconstrution.

Bread dead redemption: Scientists bake sourdough with yeast grown in 5,300-year-old mummy

The new products that joined the shelves ahead of summer.

Summer hits the shelves: The products set to shake up your summer

Hanan Sofer's cheese

The Israeli cheese that conquered France – and more surprises for Shavuot


Pascale’s Kitchen: Trying something new, just for the fun of it

Here are recipes for three dishes that can really spice up your week: Indian naan bread; labaneh balls; and cinnamon nut cake. 

 Indian naan bread

Why I started feeding birds in Jerusalem

For me, feeding God’s creatures is like a song of praise to the Creator, and they repay me with birdsong.

 Birds are silhouetted as they fly during sunset in Jerusalem.

Pascale's Kitchen: Thinking outside of the culinary box

Following, you’ll find three recipes that I recently added to my repertoire, which have passed muster among my immediate family members. 

 NAN BARBARI (Persian flatbread).

The Russia-Ukraine War will cause a yeast shortage. Solution: Sourdough

I do not have a solution for the wheat crisis, except perhaps baking with alternative grains, but I do have a solution for the upcoming yeast shortage.

 No yeast? No problem

In the kitchen with Henny: Diversities of dough

Whether you eat it all, or are wheat-, yeast- or gluten-free – there is a dough for you!

 Focaccia

Pascale’s Kitchen: Key challah

Every year, on the week after Passover, I always share special stories and recipes with my readers about the key challah, which I equate with the qualities of being a queen.

 Key challah

This Minnesota ag firm is helping Ukrainian farmers plant in war-scarred fields

EarthDaily's cutting-edge technology helps farmers make planting decisions, but the war adds an additional layer: Producers can select the right seed and fertilizer from the safety of a laptop.

 A rocket sits in a field near grazing cows on April 10, 2022 in Lukashivka village, Ukraine.

How did Dolly Meckler turn a challah-baking hobby into a rising business?

Meckler wasn’t even much of a baker before COVID-19 lockdowns forced her, and pretty much everyone in the world, to become prisoners of the home.

 Challah Dolly offers three different varieties — original, honey cinnamon sugar and everything seed.

Passover hametz controversy 'crummy' excuse for Idit Silman - opinion

Idit Silman learned the wrong lesson! The Holocaust shows the dangers of giving the state too many coercive powers violating individual autonomy.

 CLEARLY, THE BIG hametz controversy is a crummy excuse for Idit Silman’s behavior.

Tuscany matzot for Passover

Matzah is regarded as “poor man’s bread,” symbolic of our slavery in Egypt, and the lack of flavor emphasizes this.

 BEAUTIFUL TUSCANY.