Yeast is a “key player” in fermentation, Philip says, and fermentation produces gases that improve the texture of bread, and make it rise. Not only that, but fermentation is what gives bread ...

A no-yeast peanut butter bread from the 1932 edition of the cookbook “Five Roses: A Guide to Good Cooking” gains popularity during coronavirus quarantine.

You might be wondering if that golden ratio of 2% yeast to flour is a "one size fits all" solution -- but beware, it isn't.

Bread loaded with beta-carotene, the stuff that makes carrots orange and helps prevent blindness, could improve the health of millions of people, thanks to a strain of genetically enhanced yeast ...

Colonies of baker’s yeast, or Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pictured under a microscope.Yeast don’t grow this way in bread dough: The images are from a 2016 study in the lab of UB biologist Paul Cullen ...

A self-professed “bread nerd” extracted yeast from 4,000-year-old artifacts to make a loaf of sourdough. “The aroma and flavor are incredible,” he said.

Yeast may be hard to find in the store, but it turns out that it’s easy to find at home. Yeast is all around us, ready to be gathered. Floating through the air, it’s found living on fruits ...