Every time I open the freezer, there she is, my friend Deb. Technically she's not really in the freezer, but that's what I imagine as I survey the 10 freezer bags I blame her for. "Go ahead and shiver ...

If you were a fan of the so-called Amish Friendship Bread recipe that was popular in the 1980s and early '90s, but tired of the tending and maintaining and sharing of the starter, I have good news for ...

During stay-at-home orders for COVID-19, so many people took up bread baking that there was a shortage of yeast. “USA Today” reported that along with toilet paper and disinfectants, flour, sugar and ...

There was a funny trend about 20 years ago, when people were giving each other Ziplock bags of mysterious beige goo. It was a starter, a living mixture of flour, water and yeast that you had to feed ...

Chef Carla Hall had never heard of "friendship bread" before someone gave her a plastic zip-top bag full of a yeasty, mushy starter. As a young caterer just starting out, she got busy baking up a ...

SEATTLE — Yes, we ARE hooked on competitive baking shows and right when our watch list is getting thin - viola! Food Network's new Bakeaway Camp takes six talented amateur bakers, sends them to summer ...

Friendship bread is the chain letter of baking: A simple starter that you divvy up, keeping some for yourself and sharing the rest with others. It's an old tradition that connect neighbors through the ...