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Leavened by dark humor, “Blood Ties” is breathtaking in conception and execution, with a perversely pastoral finale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Leavened bread is a culture, a comfort, and a celebration.

From Slate • May 4, 2020

This substance, known to French bakers as levain, is called in Germany Leavened bread.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

Leavened bread two or three days old should be preferred.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer

Leavened bread is beginning to be known in the principal cities, but not in the provinces.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various