I still vividly remember the first time our baking instructor at culinary school made pita bread, shortly after dawn in a brightly lit Pasadena baking lab many years ago. She made a batch of bread ...

Learn how to make the ultimate homemade pita bread recipe with 3 easy methods for soft and fluffy results every time. This easy recipe creates delicious, warm pitas with perfect pockets, ideal for any ...

Jawad comes from a Lebanese household where cooking everything from scratch was the norm. As such, she picked up a knack for making delicious meals while watching her mom make meal after delicious ...

Recipes, kitchen tricks and seasonal dishes from the L.A. Times’ Cooking team. If you want to take the endeavor a step further, we have a wonderful recipe for homemade pita breads that shows just how ...

Pita, rather than sliced bread, could turn out to be the greatest invention yet. These thin, flat pocket breads that date back to biblical times, once were known only to people of Middle Eastern ...

Flatbreads like pita and naan have reigned supreme in the Middle East and South Asia for thousands of years, enjoyed as accompaniments to all sorts of tasty meals. Over time, these two foods have ...

For the starter: ¾ cup white all-purpose flour ¾ cup whole-wheat flour 7 ounces water (70 degrees) ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast For the dough: 3 cups water (70 degrees) 7 cups white all-purpose flour ...

Kneading the pita dough, above left, shouldn’t tire you out – if it does, you’re doing it wrong. Lean against the dough, then lift it, turn it and lean again. Form the dough into balls and roll each ...

Salah Mansi, the owner of Olive Cafe in Kansas City, has been making fresh pita bread for the last 15 years. Located just a few hundred feet away from The Olive Cafe restaurant in south Kansas City is ...

Where Gholam Farrokhpour grew up in the Middle East, folks bought their pita bread three times a day so that it would be fresh for each meal. He still believes in that philosophy. Farrokhpour, who ...