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


How did ancient Egyptians bake? After 54 loaves, scholar finds answers

The technique implies covering the inside of the conical bread moulds with a layer of fine sandy clay, heating the moulds up horizontally and shaping the dough in advance into elongated pieces.

Freshly baked bread cools at a bakery in Beirut, Lebanon June 30, 2020.

Pascale's Kitchen: Decorating sourdough bread

My latest quest has been to learn how to make sourdough bread, and now I always keep a bit of sourdough starter in my pantry.

Decorated sourdough bread

Top 10 bread baking tips

Bread is not meant to be eaten alone. Nothing beats breaking bread (not slicing it) with friends or family.


Looking at the whole picture - from planting to eating

They say we all have wisdom in hindsight after we have experienced the process from its inception to its culmination.

Cinammon and raisin challah

Challah-tinkering yeast scientist helps bread-bakers get a good rise

Every year after Pesach I buy a one pound bag of yeast and it lasts through the year and I use it to make challah. So I’m still pursuing the quixotic quest to make the perfect challah.

Round Sweet Challah

Discover the Israeli bakery deep in the heart of a US-Danish community

A taste of Israel in a Solvang bakery.

LEYLA WILLIAMS bakes challot for Shabbat in Solvang.

Naked Chef Jamie Oliver breaks bread in Jerusalem

The Naked Chef covered up to enjoy an Israeli breakfast in Jerusalem.

Chef Jamie Oliver poses during a photocall at the annual MIPCOM television program market in Cannes, France, October 15, 2018.

Shabbat breads - exotic style!

A relatively “new” Shabbat bread in the States is the pull-apart challa, resembling a flower with dough “petals” that are pulled off the challa and distributed among the diners.

DABO, THE traditional Sabbath bread of Ethiopian Jewry.

Romancing the ciabatta

Few breads are especially suited to our hot, Mediterranean climate, but one country has perfected a light, summery bread – Italy – and it is called the ciabatta.

THE CIABATTA: Traditional yet revolutionary.

Sara Netanyahu drops traditional Ukrainian bread, prompting backlash

In Kiev, the Prime Minister's wife was unfamiliar with the 'korovai' ceremony: "She created a scandal and embarrassment when she dropped the traditional bread, which was honored at the airport."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife met with the President of Ukraine