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The process of adding a substance to bread dough (and other baked goods) that enables the dough to rise.

A type of rye bread containing a greater proportion of wheat flour than rye. It has a lightly colored crumb and a chewy, but tasty crust.

A type of sourdough bread that originated in France. The sourdough leavening method actually originated in France and from there, its popularity spread to many parts of Europe and then to the new world and became very popular with the pioneers during the 1849 Gold Rush in California.

A type of basic white bread that is English in origin and is unique due to its shape. The loaf is actually two round loaves – one on top of the other.

A type of Iranian flatbread prepared with wheat bread flour that is made into a variety of shapes and sizes.

A type of flour milled from dried kernels of yellow corn. It is similar to cornmeal except that it is ground to a finer consistency than cornmeal.

A type of Italian yeasted flat bread made with white flour that is similar to a crispy pizza crust. It has a delicious peppery flavor and a crunchy, cracker-like texture.

A type of Finnish crispbread that is formed into large, thin, brittle rounds with a hole in the center.

A brittle, cracker-like Italian flat bread made with white flour that is rolled into very thin sheets.

1. A Mexican tortilla is a soft, thin and flat unleavened round bread. They are made from corn or wheat flour and baked on a griddle called a comal.

A type of metal or aluminum pan that is 16 to 20 inches in length and formed with a curved base so that long lengths of dough can be laid horizontally to be baked into baguettes.

A fruit that are pods from trees grown in the Orient, Mediterranean and Italy. The pods are flat, curved, leathery and brown with a purplish tint.

With a swirled appearance when cut into slices, a Potica is a baked pastry that is popular in the country of Slovenia, adjacent to Italy and Austria.

A flat, round cake originating in France made with flaky pastry dough, yeast dough, or unleavened dough.

A flour-like substance that has larger granules than regular flour and is produced from grinding dried kernels of yellow or blue corn.

A type of flour made from barley grain. The flour is usually produced from “pearled” barley, which refers to barley that has been scoured and polished to remove the husk and the bran.

A small broiler oven used to quickly brown, glaze, cook, broil, or toast various foods. The Salamander is often used to provide the nicely browned crust to a crème brûlée, an au gratin dish or toasted bread.

A yellow cake with a dense texture and rich flavor that is traditionally made with one pound each of flour, butter, sugar, and eggs.

Dried cranberries are made in a similar process to making raisins from grapes in which the fresh cranberries are partially dehydrated or dried in some manner.

A type of leavening method in which yeast is activated in warm water before it is mixed with the other ingredients to form bread dough.