bread: Quick Facts

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A full round loaf of sourdough bread and a sliced half loaf rest on a cooling rack, showing the bread's golden crust and airy, open crumb interior.

Wooden shelves and baskets filled with a variety of baguettes and other bread loaves in a French boulangerie in Val d'Isere, Savoie, France.

Tray of Chelsea buns topped with icing and currants, with one bun lifted to show its soft, fluffy interior.

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A loaf of bread rising in a metal pan inside an oven, illuminated by the oven light.

Risen bread dough in a bowl covered with a cloth, surrounded by flour on a wooden surface, illustrating yeast fermentation in bread making.

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Notice the growth of Penicillium and yeast

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