Kvass was a beer made from fermented bread, and a summons to life for Roman.

Pulling all the disparate elements together is the injera, the spongy fermented bread imprinted with bubbles that tastes faintly of sourdough and resembles huge crepes.

With 65 varieties of naturally fermented bread, he built up a 35 percent share of the New Zealand market.

He also records that they used fermented bread, and wine unmixed with water, in celebrating the Holy Eucharist.

Beverages included kvass (89 cents), a traditional Russian malted beverage made from fermented black bread.

In particular, there is a great interest in sourdoughs and slow fermented breads.

A type of fermented bread, kwanga, made from cassava, is commercially produced throughout the country.

The Appam is a fermented bread usually prepared with finely powdered rice flour.

Appam is a Nasrani dish of fermented bread made with rice batter and coconut milk.

Popular drinks in Belarus include Russian wheat vodka and kvass, a drink made from fermented malted brown bread or rye flour.