Creating a good sourdough bread requires some understanding of fermentation, grain (flour), and technique. The ingredients ...

There are numerous types of yeast, and each one has its own unique properties. Here's 10 that are ideal for baking, brewing, ...

Even the San Francisco 49ers mascot – a staple at home games since the mid-1990s – is named Sourdough Sam. His favorite food, according to the team's website, is "clam chowder in a sourdough ...

Some types of bacteria and yeast are hard to grow in a culture, so you might need to get a special kind of culture. Also, these cultures can’t detect viruses.

Throughout the winemaking process, native yeast is everywhere. It lives in the vineyard, in the cellar, on the winery's walls, ceiling, and in every single nook and cranny around any processing ...

The Yeast Art Project arose more than a decade ago as an unexpected offshoot of Boeke’s “Build-a-Genome” course at Johns Hopkins University. Students learned how to build synthetic DNA, and this ...

Zea explained that yeast cells might not look a lot like big primates, but they share about 70% of their genes with humans. These cultures, in other words, will provide a window into how certain genes ...