Some bakers struggled with presentation, giving judges misshapen, funky-looking bakes. Others failed to cook their bread entirely. But the greatest difficulty proved to be activating yeast — a tricky ...

Bread makers simplify the art of baking a successful loaf, but common mistakes can yield disappointing results. Offering the ...

I stumbled on Ken Forkish’s Evolutions in Bread just as I was giving up on baking sourdough bread. Giving up was, perhaps, too strong a term. More accurate: letting my starter languish in the back of ...