Bread scoring is the practice of slashing the surface of bread dough immediately before baking it. Why? As crusty bread bakes, it rises quickly and dramatically (bakers call this “oven spring”). The ...

I love to bake and am particularly fond of making my own sourdough bread. It isn't the easiest process, but I think there are simple ways for beginners to get started. Investing in a mixer and ...

“Existential Bread,” a book by the poet and amateur baker Jim Franks, is only sort of about bread. By Minju Pak “It’s not a cookbook,” the poet Jim Franks said about his new book, “Existential Bread.” ...