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Raiders of the Lost Yeast

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America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Seamus Blackley is the creator of the Xbox. He’s also an ancient Egypt enthusiast and baking hobbyist. Yes, you heard that right. Via Twitter, he assembled a rag-tag team of specialists: an archeologist (Dr. Serena Love) and a biologist (Rich Bowman). Together, they created a grand scheme: extract dormant yeast from the nooks and crannies of ancient Egyptian pots stored in the vaults of the world’s most prestigious museums and bake bread with it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thanks to this season's presenting sponsor, Kohler. They design innovative

0:04.4

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0:47.0

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is an imposing structure.

0:54.0

It was built in 1999, a neoclassical beauty,

0:58.0

full granite facade, towering pillars, a grand rotunda,

1:02.0

appropriate given the importance of the precious

1:04.8

artworks that it houses Mona's van Gogh's rimbrants Greek and Roman

1:09.7

Antiquities but Seamus Blackley is not there for those.

1:14.3

It's July 2019, so it's hot out when Seamus arrives at the museum.

1:21.8

He's nervous, but pretending not to be.

1:26.0

Months of planning has led him to this very moment. He's carrying his kit.

1:30.9

Inside all the tools he'll need to complete the job, the ultimate score.

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