Bread Storage

A cloth bread bag on a kitchen counter with beeswax pellets and dried wheat

A Plastic-Free Kitchen: Where to Actually Start

Don't throw out the plastic you own — that's the mistake most guides start with. Replace things as they wear out, in the order that gets the most out of...

A Plastic-Free Kitchen: Where to Actually Start

Don't throw out the plastic you own — that's the mistake most guides start with. Replace things as they wear out, in the order that gets the most out of...

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.

Mouldy bread in a plastic bag beside a fresh loaf in a cloth bread bag

Mouldy Bread: Cut It Off, or Bin the Loaf?

For bread the answer is bin it, all of it, and the reason is structural. Which foods can be trimmed, which cannot, and why you should not sniff it to...

Mouldy Bread: Cut It Off, or Bin the Loaf?

For bread the answer is bin it, all of it, and the reason is structural. Which foods can be trimmed, which cannot, and why you should not sniff it to...

Mouldy bread in a plastic bag beside a fresh loaf in a cloth bread bag

Why Food Goes Off: Four Different Things, Often...

Spoilage, staling, rancidity and oxidation are four separate processes with four different fixes. Most kitchen storage advice fails because it treats them as one.

Why Food Goes Off: Four Different Things, Often...

Spoilage, staling, rancidity and oxidation are four separate processes with four different fixes. Most kitchen storage advice fails because it treats them as one.

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...

Two bread bags side by side in white and beige

Gifts for Sourdough Bakers: What They Actually ...

Most sourdough gift guides are written by people who have never kept a starter. Nine things a baker will use, roughly in the order they will thank you — including...

Gifts for Sourdough Bakers: What They Actually ...

Most sourdough gift guides are written by people who have never kept a starter. Nine things a baker will use, roughly in the order they will thank you — including...