Bread Storage

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...

Sourdough loaves beside a bread bag on a kitchen counter

How to Store Sourdough Bread Without Ruining th...

Cut side down on a board for day one, cloth after that, freezer by day three. A working order for a sourdough loaf — including the mistake almost everyone makes...

How to Store Sourdough Bread Without Ruining th...

Cut side down on a board for day one, cloth after that, freezer by day three. A working order for a sourdough loaf — including the mistake almost everyone makes...

A bread bag hanging from a wooden peg rail, taking up no counter space

Bread Box vs Bread Bag: Which Actually Keeps Br...

A bin, a plastic bag and a waxed cloth bag answer the same question three different ways. Which one suits the bread you actually buy — including the case where...

Bread Box vs Bread Bag: Which Actually Keeps Br...

A bin, a plastic bag and a waxed cloth bag answer the same question three different ways. Which one suits the bread you actually buy — including the case where...

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.

A bread bag beside a sourdough boule and a baguette, showing the size

What Size Bread Bag Do I Need?

Measure the loaf, not the bag. What fits a boule, a tin loaf, a bakery batard and a baguette — and the honest answer about the last one.

What Size Bread Bag Do I Need?

Measure the loaf, not the bag. What fits a boule, a tin loaf, a bakery batard and a baguette — and the honest answer about the last one.

A bread bag held open to show the pale beeswax lining inside

How to Store Bread Without Plastic

Five plastic-free ways to keep a loaf, what each costs, and the one case where we would tell you to keep the plastic bag.

How to Store Bread Without Plastic

Five plastic-free ways to keep a loaf, what each costs, and the one case where we would tell you to keep the plastic bag.