Bread

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

Ahead of Shavuot, dairies and importers present: Boutique award-winning cheeses, stracciatella, truffle burrata, white wines, heart-shaped pasta, and sourdough bread made from beer.

|ByMEITAL SHARABI
Hanan Sofer's cheese
PUMA

Brand news: Who landed from Brazil and a 360-degree fashion experience

Brand worlds connecting, underwear hits the street, smooth and safe, a nocturnal scent, light for the face, and when Italy arrives in Israel.

|ByRONIT MATHIAS
Sliced bread

What really happens to the body when you eat white bread every day?

White bread has been considered for many decades as the “enemy” of a healthy diet, but science presents a much more complex and perhaps also surprising picture.

|ByWALLA! HEALTH
File photo: First century bakery in the Roman town of Pompeii, showing corn-mill, oven, and food counter, January 1, 1900.

Archaeologist revives 2,000-year-old bread recipe in Pompeii after 18 years of experimentation

Panis quadratus was simple, made of water, flour, and salt, and carefully divided into eight sections with a reed and bound with rope.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Tour Israel: Har Hanegev

Agritourism has really taken off in the Har Hanegev region.

JANUARY 27, 2022ByMEITAL SHARABI
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.

JANUARY 13, 2022ByLES SAIDEL
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.

NOVEMBER 11, 2021ByLES SAIDEL
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.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021ByPASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN
SOURDOUGH BREAD WITH SEEDS

Grapevine September 17: Nasi jubilee

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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. 

AUGUST 5, 2021ByLES SAIDEL
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.

MAY 20, 2021ByLES SAIDEL
Bread

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.

FEBRUARY 16, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
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.

JANUARY 7, 2021ByPASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN
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.

NOVEMBER 5, 2020ByLES SAIDEL