“Toasting seeds brings out their nutty flavour so seeded bread is perfect for toast ... Best avoided are firm or chewy rolls such as ciabatta or bagels. These offer the sweetness and light ...

Ciabatta is best eaten on the day of purchase but it does keep for a couple of days in a bread bin. When still fresh, it can be frozen for a couple of months. Slice ciabatta at an angle and serve ...

The light and fluffy bread, the ciabatta, was invented in 1982. Just 40 years ago! Compare that to the French baguette, which is said to have been invented by Vienna-born baker August Zang in 1839 ...

A restaurant’s bread basket can hint ... I was offered a basket of ciabatta crowded with chunks of briny, fruity Castelvetrano olives; a poppy seed-crusted sourdough; a lavash cracker made ...