Last year I made my first batch of Easter bread. The recipe I used made two very large loaves, which I didn’t realize ahead of time and had a lot left over for just our family of five! I was able to freeze one loaf and we used it again later.

I didn’t think to take a picture of my own batch at the time (I didn’t have a food blog yet!), but the picture above from flickr looks pretty much how my own did, and they were also that big!
Anyway, the recipe below can be halved, which I’d recommend if …read more

According to a new study published online October 20, 2006 in the International Journal of Cancer (the official journal of the International Union Against Cancer or UICC), there is a significant link between high bread consumption and renal cell carcinoma and that eating a lot of pasta and rice may also raise the risk, while eating many vegetables may lower the risk.
Such were the findings of a case-control study of more than 2300 Italians led by Francesca Bravi of the Institute of Pharmacological Research “Mario Negri” in Milan.
Accounting for 2 % of all adult cancers, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the …read more