Evidence from two Neolithic sites in modern-day Georgia includes bread wheat grains radiocarbon dated to nearly 6000 B.C.E., ...

Ancient grains may sound like something you’d find in a museum or at an archaeological site. But these days, they’re turning up in the bread aisle. At markets from Whole Foods to Vons, shoppers can ...

In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey. Now, more than 5000 years later, archaeologists have unearthed it, ...

In this episode, we explore the making of Marocca di Casola, a unique bread from Lunigiana, Tuscany, known for its use of ...

The exact origin of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is still a mystery, but researchers believe they are edging closer to the source of one of the most important food staples worldwide. Using genetic ...

Dried yeast has become something of a hot commodity in recent weeks, as stir-crazy amateur bakers have chosen to while away their days in quarantine with the time-consuming task of making homemade ...

Scientists at an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan have found the charred remains of an ancient flatbread they believe was baked by hunter-gatherers 14,400 years ago. The team says that this ...

Some people refuse to drink milk if it is one day past its expiration date, even when it looks and smells totally fine. They will also throw away a banana as soon as a brown spot appears on the peel.

Eating bread made with ancient grains could help lower cholesterol and blood glucose, a recent randomized trial suggests. Compared with modern grain varieties which are often heavily refined, ancient ...