Bread Storage

Blocks of rendered beeswax and a slab of honeycomb beside a cloth bread bag

Is Beeswax Vegan? No — Here's What to Use Instead

Beeswax is an animal product, so a beeswax bread bag is not vegan. The honest position, where the disagreement actually sits, and four alternatives that work.

Is Beeswax Vegan? No — Here's What to Use Instead

Beeswax is an animal product, so a beeswax bread bag is not vegan. The honest position, where the disagreement actually sits, and four alternatives that work.

A bread bag beside a slab of honeycomb and two blocks of rendered beeswax

What Is Beeswax, and Why Put It on Cloth?

Bees make it to build with, and it turns out to have an unusual property: it repels liquid water while still letting vapour through. That one fact is why it...

What Is Beeswax, and Why Put It on Cloth?

Bees make it to build with, and it turns out to have an unusual property: it repels liquid water while still letting vapour through. That one fact is why it...

A bread bag beside a slab of honeycomb and two blocks of rendered beeswax

Beeswax Wrap vs Beeswax Bread Bag: Which for Br...

Same material, different shape, and the shape decides everything. Why a wrap is better for half a cucumber and worse for a loaf, and when you genuinely need neither.

Beeswax Wrap vs Beeswax Bread Bag: Which for Br...

Same material, different shape, and the shape decides everything. Why a wrap is better for half a cucumber and worse for a loaf, and when you genuinely need neither.

Wiping a beeswax lining clean with a damp cloth and cold water

How to Clean a Beeswax Bread Bag (and Re-Wax It)

Cold water, a cloth, under a minute. The one thing that destroys a waxed bag, what to do about strong smells, and how to put the wax back when the...

How to Clean a Beeswax Bread Bag (and Re-Wax It)

Cold water, a cloth, under a minute. The one thing that destroys a waxed bag, what to do about strong smells, and how to put the wax back when the...

A hand pressing into the waxed lining of a bread bag

Are Beeswax Bread Bags Messy? An Honest Answer

Sometimes, for about a week, and mostly if you bought a cheap one. What messy actually means with waxed cloth, which complaints are fair, and how to tell sprayed wax...

Are Beeswax Bread Bags Messy? An Honest Answer

Sometimes, for about a week, and mostly if you bought a cheap one. What messy actually means with waxed cloth, which complaints are fair, and how to tell sprayed wax...

Macro of beeswax soaked into the threads of a cotton weave

How Long Does a Beeswax Bread Bag Last?

The cloth outlives the wax, and the wax is the part you can put back. What wears first, what the material actually is, and when a bag is genuinely finished.

How Long Does a Beeswax Bread Bag Last?

The cloth outlives the wax, and the wax is the part you can put back. What wears first, what the material actually is, and when a bag is genuinely finished.