bread

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Yeast has been growing in the guts of a frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a tasty sourdough bread.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Her lunch was bread with onion, salt and pickle.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Don’t get me wrong, AI is really the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I’ll repeat, we don’t need 100 gigawatts of toasters.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

“That’s my bread and butter. However, I’ve improved a lot in the 100.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

My aunts busied themselves with their work—baking bread, combing wool, and sweeping the dirt out the door.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff