The yeast microbes had been asleep for more than 5,000 years, buried deep in the pores of Egyptian ceramics, by the time Seamus Blackley came along and used them to bake a loaf of bread.

CAIRO — Egypt’s cabinet decided Wednesday to raise the price of subsidized bread for the first time in 30 years, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said. The price of a loaf, long set at five ...

DUBAI (Reuters) -Egypt will allocate more than 125 billion Egyptian pounds ($2.66 billion) for bread subsidies in its 2024/2025 state budget and more than 147 billion pounds in petroleum products ...

Egypt has been buying wheat on global markets at accelerated levels in an effort to keep up with its cash-strapped population's growing reliance on subsidised bread, traders have said. The acute ...

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Happy Sunday! In the spirit of Ramadan, today we make Umm Ali, a traditional Egyptian national dessert made out of leftover bread. The roots of this dish can be traced back to around the 12th ...

DR JOANN FLETCHER:'Mud brick ovens, just like the one Kha and Merit had, are still being used in Egypt today. Just as in ancient times, they're still used to make bread. And I've come to the house ...