Episode 3: On the Rise

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Oct 25, 201700:56:27Arts

This is Episode Three of Modernist BreadCrumbs : “On the Rise,” on yeast, leavening, and fermentation. Here, we observe a microscopic single-celled organism from the fungi kingdom, and its full effect on bread: yeast. Ho...

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