(Chopped Liver) Tips From an Amateur Baker

No food is as universally eaten as bread. From the sourdoughs of San Francisco to the flatbreads of Latin America and South Asia to the multitude of artisan breads across Europe, every culture (except for those Atkins and Paleo jocks) has their own take on what is for the most part just flour and water. Twelve thousand years ago, flatbreads were cooked on rocks in the sun. Six thousand years ago, wild yeasts were discovered, rumor has it, by a slave in Egypt who forgot about some dough only to f...

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