Ancient Roman cookbooks contain some of the earliest ... including something he called "bread salad." A far cry from ...

Using water, ancient grains and sterilised containers, he cultivated the starter for a week. In order to get as close as possible to what the Egyptians would have recognised as bread, Mr Blackley ...

is a beloved staple—but just how far back does the delicious bread’s history stretch? While experts know it was made in ancient Rome, new research suggests that its origins may be even older ...