Baking sourdough, cinnamon rolls, banana bread, and other forms of carb-filled comfort foods from scratch has once again become a respected pastime. As a result, we've been delightfully inundated with ...

If you're new to making delicious breads at home, you may quickly realize that it's an art that can require lots of patience, TLC, and yeast. The world of yeast may be a bit confusing at first, and ...

A new study led by researchers from the University of Oslo, Norway, explores the distribution pattern of fungal communities across daycare centers and private houses in Norway. The findings, published ...

If you bake bread regularly, you've likely encountered both active dry yeast and instant yeast (or rapid-rise yeast) and ...

Yeast is the ingredient that makes dough rise and strengthen the glutens. There are two main types of yeast that you'll find in the grocery store—active dry or instant rise (sometimes called quick ...