Avocado’s toasty companion, olive oil’s dippable friend, the deli sandwich’s founding father — no matter how you view your bread, it’s probably an integral part of your diet. And baking homemade bread ...

Freshly baked sourdough has never been easier or more affordable.

Welcome to Baking Week on the Strategist, where we’ve been obsessively researching and testing all the bakeware, tools, and gadgets that can make you a better baker. For more, head to our Baking Week ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

To bake is to be human. And baking, like life, is about reinvention and improvisation. Whether your tastes run to crusty breads, flaky pastries or chewy cookies, you’ll need to build your skills on a ...

Sourdough baking at home can be challenging due to variables like fermentation timing, temperature, and starter health ...

Over the past few weeks, Americans’ everyday vernacular has grown to include phrases like “self-quarantine,” “social distancing” and, perhaps the strangest addition of all, “sourdough starter.” Maybe ...

Much like how I’ve always loathed elaborate math problems and thousand-piece jigsaw puzzles — they’re just so … precise — baking seemed like a far-too-scientific fool’s errand for the first 38 years ...