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  Baking bread usually requires an oven. But what do you do when you’re a pioneer living in the 1800s — and you don’t have an oven? Simple. You use a frying pan, or twist the dough around a stick or make a version of cornbread on the metal side of a hoe or large ...

Did you know that there is a nutritious food source literally dropping from your trees each fall? In fact, unless you are a squirrel, you may even see this food as a nuisance. Alas, the lowly acorn was not always ...

While working cattle at my in-laws’ ranch recently I caught myself dreaming about the past, running through a checklist of things I take for granted that George – the ranch’s founder who grew up in the 1930s — never had ...

Bread is likely the most common food in homes, villages and cities around the world. Every culture has developed their own bread recipes, and some have developed recipes specifically to extend shelf-life. In this article, we’ll cover a range of ...

Operating a privately owned bakery at a profit is now a crime in one South American country. The nation’s government is seizing bakeries and jailing bakers who make anything but loaves of bread. At least two bakeries in Venezuela have ...

Food has long been a focus of society. While our modern way of life includes regular trips to the grocery store, where there is more variety than we know what to do with, our ancestors didn’t have it quite that ...

  If you are fortunate enough to have a sourdough starter, then you have your own colony of yeast that can be fed and maintained indefinitely, ensuring you will never need to buy commercial yeast for bread again. Although it ...

Most Americans are familiar with the old adage “waste not, want not,” but as a nation we certainly do not follow it. Americans are guilty of throwing away 40 percent of the food – a whopping $165 billion worth — ...

Making whole grain bread from scratch takes a little knowledge and a healthy amount of elbow grease, but the rewards are immense. Homemade bread is by far one of the healthiest foods. As a girl, I ground wheat berries and ...

A popular blogger, along with public pressure, have forced two major restaurants to remove a chemical from its bread that is used to make shoe soles and yoga mats from its bread. The franchised sandwich chain Subway will stop putting ...