From grain to great bread.
Explore breads, flours, grains, and the regional traditions behind them. Follow ingredients into recipes and learn what changes with the seasons.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis: breads, grains & baking
Goat water stew, perhaps the country's most well-known dish, mixes goat, breadfruit, green pawpaw (papaya), and dumplings (also known as "droppers") in a tomato-based stew.
Saint Lucia: breads, grains & baking
St Lucia is known for its national dish consisting of green bananas and saltfish locally known as "green figs and saltfish"; breadfruit and saltfish is an alternative favourite among the locals.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: breads, grains & baking
Roasted breadfruit is part of a national dish served with fried jackfish.
Samoa: breads, grains & baking
Breadfruit is often roasted to serve on its own or eaten with stone-cooked coconut sauce (‘ulu pe‘epe‘e), or shaped into balls (taufolo); any surplus could be preserved as masi.
San Marino: bustrengo and wafer cakes
San Marino’s tourism authority documents a baking repertoire that includes bustrengo, Easter bread and layered wafer cakes.
Sao Tome and Principe: breads, grains & baking
Staple foods include fish, seafood, beans, maize, bread fruit, and cooked banana.
Saudi Arabia: breads, grains & baking
Baklava is among the desserts described as part of Ramadan iftar meals.
Senegal: breads, grains & baking
Millet, rice and cassava feature in Senegalese cooking; millet couscous and bread accompany meals.
Serbia: breads, grains & baking
Proja is cornbread, while komplet lepinja is a filled flatbread; both appear in the Serbian cuisine reference.
Seychelles: breads, grains & baking
The savoury dish usually includes salted fish, cooked in a similar fashion to the dessert version, with plantain, kasava and breadfruit, but with salt used in place of sugar (and omitting vanilla).
Sierra Leone: breads, grains & baking
Rice is a staple grain in Sierra Leone, often served with stews.
Singapore: breads, grains & baking
Curry puff, also known as epok-epok, a flaky pastry usually stuffed with curry chicken, potato cubes, and a slice of hard-boiled egg.
Slovakia: breads, grains & baking
Wheat was ground, and bread, dumplings and noodles were made from it.
Slovenia: breads, grains & baking
Medenjaki, which come in different shapes, are honey cakes, which are most commonly heart-shaped and are often used as gifts.
Solomon Islands: breads, grains & baking
Ulu (breadfruit), can be served with any dish, brought to the island by Lapita seafarers
Somalia: breads, grains & baking
The main dish is typically a pancake-like bread called a canjeero or laxoox.
Sourdough bread
Bread leavened with a maintained culture, with timing guided by the dough.
Sourdough starter
A flour-and-water culture maintained through repeated feedings.
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