In a scene that could have taken place 100 years ago, or five thousand miles away, Molly and her friend Kaelah spent a delicious Sunday afternoon making burek, a savory Eastern European pastry. As they chatted happily and stretched dough across our dining room table, I thought about the shared joy of meal preparation and [...]
*note from the author: after weeks of studying and baking various historically breads for a World History project, I have been talking nonstop about bread and its evolution. Because I was unable to get through one conversation without mentioning bread, my mom kindly suggested I funnel this knowledge into a blog (this was likely after [...]