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


Will Israel's government be brought down by bread? - opinion

Many point to the hametz crisis as the catalyst which brought this coalition government to its knees. Yet, I argue this should be looked at through a wider lens.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett speaks with MK Idit Silman in the Knesset in January.

Passover: Don't forget to be happy despite the anxiety, humras - opinion

Of all the hagim, Passover is clearly the one that elicits the most anxiety and trepidation.

 SELLING HAMETZ: Passover elicits anxiety and trepidation.

Pascale’s Kitchen: Focaccia & frena

This week, I chose to focus on flatbreads: focaccia from Italian cuisine and frena from North African cuisine.

 Focaccia

Tour Israel: Har Hanegev

Agritourism has really taken off in the Har Hanegev region.

 Ariel Pollock Star, owner of Lehem Zeh

On Tu Bishvat, the new year of trees, try some new bread

Just as with life, baking bread can be a reminder that you are only partially in control – however much you want to feel otherwise.

 JUST AS with life, baking bread reminds you that you are only partially in control.

In the grain: Festive food of routine

The Jewish year is filled with festivals, each with its own customary, hallmark food - here is a recipe for country bread.

 NOTHING LIKE some comforting country bread.

Pascale's Kitchen: Start up your sourdough

Check out three new bread recipes, each made in a different and innovative way.

 SOURDOUGH BREAD WITH SEEDS

Grapevine September 17: Nasi jubilee

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

An Israeli flag is spread out on top of the president's residence for Independence Day

How to be a better baker through understanding heat transfer

Anyone who studied basic physics in high school will remember that there are three forms of heat transfer. 

 BREAD BAKES from the outside in.

Can baking bread teach us about society?

Most people do not regard bakers as philosophers but the principles of baking bread teach us much about building a viable, stable and moral society.

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