When people talk about Les Misérables, it’s rare that they’re talking about Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel. Embarrassingly enough, until I was fifteen, I didn’t know that it was a book at all. I did, ...

For many Americans, soft slices of white rye toast are vehicles for corned beef and pastrami, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut, and bacon, lettuce and tomato. But in the Scandinavian diet, rye takes on a ...

The recipe for this delectable Icelandic staple comes to us in a timely manner: the seventh annual Taste of Iceland Festival returns to Seattle this Thursday, October 9 through Sunday, October 12. If ...

Q: I looked my Scandinavian Rye Bread recipe recently and was shocked to find it missing. I started making it in the early 80’s and expect that it might have run in the Tribune as early as the late 70 ...

We all became obsessed with sourdough bread last spring, and it’s no wonder. What better way to channel anxiety than by pummeling bread dough and then slathering the delicious, fresh-baked results ...

This is the first of two bread recipes for winter baking. Neither are kneaded, but rather made with a stretch-and-fold motion right in the bowl. The second recipe, for focaccia, will run in this space ...

Serve this dark and powerful Danish rye bread with a smooth egg salad. Because the bread is made primarily with rye flour, it needs extended and repeated risings to develop its texture and flavor.

As any English major (or psychologist) can tell you, we seldom say what we mean. This takes countless forms, but one of my favorites is the metonymy: a word that isn't used for its literal meaning but ...