Flavors evaporate, and over the next day or so, wonderful fresh-baked fl avors are lost. Some fl avor loss occurs because fl avors become trapped by starches as they retrograde. Where this is the...

Flavors evaporate, and over the next day or so, wonderful fresh-baked fl avors are lost. Some fl avor loss occurs because fl avors become trapped by starches as they retrograde. Where this is the case, a brief reheating in the oven recovers some lost fl avor and softens the structure.