When people talk about Les Misérables, it’s rare that they’re talking about Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel. Embarrassingly enough, until I was fifteen, I didn’t know that it was a book at all. I did, ...

When her husband’s favorite recipe for a rye bread made with coffee went missing and never did turn up, Bev Kincade of Mountlake Terrace asked for our help. Here it comes, thanks to faithful Forum ...

Note: Adapted from “The Bread Bible” by Beth Hensperger. Specialty flours are available at select well-stocked markets, health food, cooking and baking supply stores, as well as online. 2. In a small ...

Unless you’re reading this story in your grandmother’s Brooklyn or Minnesota kitchen, a loaf of dark bread just out of the oven, you may be part of the vast majority of people for whom dense rye ...

Isabell Helenski of Ellington wrote in requesting a recipe for parsley pesto because she has an abundance of parsley. Claudette Talmadge of Clinton passed along this tip: “Each year, I pick a huge ...

Q: I looked my Scandinavian Rye Bread recipe recently and was shocked to find it missing. I started making it in the early 80’s and expect that it might have run in the Tribune as early as the late 70 ...

Rye bread is a flavorful, dense type of bread; delicious as toast, the best for a Reuben, possibly the bread you need for a roast beef sandwich. Its nutty, earthy, and slightly sour flavor stands out ...

Bakers, pop the lid on your flour cannister and get your measuring cups and spoons ready. We’ve filled this Recipe Exchange column with recipes for breads and sweet breads as well as “sticky” buns and ...

With interest in black food – typically darkened using charcoal – reaching its peak, Mintel suggests turning to ingredients like black rye could deliver a boost in consumer interest. Black foods made ...