Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

Like many people in 2020, I tried my hand at sourdough bread baking. I had baked at home before, but when I was furloughed from my chef job — after almost a decade — I decided to try sourdough.

The thing about bread baking is that it teaches one humility before all else. I owned my own café, baked professionally, and spent years turning out cakes, cookies, and desserts with confidence, but ...

A proofing basket is the preferred tool of professionals. Our editors often use this Bread Banneton Proofing Basket and Lame Set when making sourdough at home. The set comes with everything you need ...

Never have I ever made banana bread from scratch — before this assignment, that is. After intentionally making several baking mistakes to show how they would affect chocolate-chip cookies, I set out ...