What's the difference between regular yeast, quick-rising yeast and the new pizza dough yeast? When I make dough, I can't tell a difference between regular and quick-rising. Peter Reinhart, the bread ...

In standard pizzas, yeast produces bubbles during fermentation, which causes the dough to rise and develop an airy texture. Manuel Sulzer via Getty Images Ernesto Di Maio can’t eat standard pizza. The ...

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Say you're planning a pizza night, but when you open your cupboard, you find that your yeast is past its prime — a common bread-making mistake. What else can you use to help your dough rise? We asked ...

Ernesto Di Maio is severely allergic to the yeast in leavened foods. "I have to go somewhere and hide because I will be fully covered with bumps and bubbles on the whole body," he says. "It's really ...