In case you were wondering about yeast, as I was when the shelves were bare, WTH? Paper towels and toilet paper, I get it. But YEAST? Turns out, there’s good reason, not least of which is there’s an absolute amount of time it takes for yeast cells to divide. Also, stress baking. For the full story you can read it here, from Slate. For do-it-yourself baked goods from home, you can knock yerself out. Well, that is, IF you can find the yeast. Good luck, stress-bakers!
No foie gras yeast, eh?