Today's first recipe is an old-fashioned American one for salt-rising bread. According to the Cook's and Diner's Dictionary, this bread "depends for rising on the fermentation of a mixture of salt, ...

Come for a taste of nostalgia with master baker Genevieve Bardwell as she shows how to make salt-rising bread, using the same three-step process that has been passed down through West Virginian ...

LOST CREEK, W.Va. — Salt Rising bread has a long history in Appalachia. Typically, people outside of the region have never heard of it. The bread often brings to mind a variety of distinctive scents ...

At its most basic, bread is made with flour and water, while yeast and salt are often mixed in. But these simple ingredients provide the foundation for a lot of variation, including different types of ...

A friend recently reminded me of the tradition of salt-risen or salt-rising bread. I remember it was a delicacy, and an acquired taste. I also think it was common in the South. Is it still available?

Recipes that appear in Idea Alley have not been tested by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. It's no secret Idea Alley has its ups and downs of having too many recipes and not nearly enough. During those ...

As a hobby baker, I relish in experimenting with new cookie, cake, pie, quick bread, and muffin recipes. But there’s a level of intricacy and technique in certain bakes that shift them into “always ...

Are any of my blog readers familiar with this delicious bread? Some of the women in my family used to make it, but it has been an awfully long time since I had a slice. I got an e-mail from an ...

Welcome to the Fare Exchange table, friends. One of you was looking for salt-rising bread, and more than one of you sent us to the nearest loaf, at Dutch Maid Bakery in Tracy City, Tennessee. One ...