With more interest in home-baked bread than ever before. And that means a lot of people are making friends with yeast for the first time. I am a professor of hospitality management and a former chef, ...

A cake that won't rise, flat muffins or brioche dough that won't rise... Sound familiar? If so, you're not alone. And often, the culprit hides in a discreet little sachet at the back of the cupboard: ...

They live in bread dough. They die in your oven. At the grocery store, where you buy them, they sit in little glass jars, dormant on the shelf, waiting to be rehydrated so they can do their life’s ...

Get the best rise out of your breads with these tips. Although the name Saccharomyces cerevisiae might sound ominous, it’s simply the name of the organism that makes our bread rise. But you won’t see ...

Active dry yeast is made up of dehydrated yeast granules. It needs to be proofed before using it in a recipe to reactivate the dehydrated yeast organisms. Storing active dry yeast in a cool, dry place ...