The World’s Oldest Leavened Bread Discovered
Perhaps the most significant beginning-of-the-year revelation is the shattering of the myth that the first bread was leavened in Egypt. Researchers at Necmettin Erbakan University (Konya, Turkey) have unearthed an 8,600-year-old “bread.” The discovery was made near a structure identified as an oven at the archaeological site of Çatalhöyük. The spongy residues, evaluated as leavened... Continue Reading →