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 ...

Baltic black bread, traditionally made with rye flour and sourdough starter, is dense and sour, with a tight crumb. Its lush rye flavor gives this vegetarian soup earthy depth. A sprinkle of homemade ...

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 ...

When Marcus Samuelsson Moved to New York Thirty years ago, he was Rollerblading to Chinatown for ingredients and wondering if a Black chef from Sweden could join the city’s fine-dining elite.

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 ...