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Traditional Mud Oven Makers -Iraq

Abdullah, a traditional oven maker, works with his family in Kirkuk, Iraq, on July 6, 2025. His family has been crafting mud ovens for nearly a century, passing the skill down through generations. Despite the hard labor and seasonal challenges—particularly drying the mud in extreme weather—the family remains committed to preserving this heritage. Preferred by many restaurants and households over metal ovens, these clay ovens are believed to give bread a superior taste, on July 6, 2025 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photo by Omar Karim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Mud Oven Makers -Iraq

Abdullah, a traditional oven maker, works with his family in Kirkuk, Iraq, on July 6, 2025. His family has been crafting mud ovens for nearly a century, passing the skill down through generations. Despite the hard labor and seasonal challenges—particularly drying the mud in extreme weather—the family remains committed to preserving this heritage. Preferred by many restaurants and households over metal ovens, these clay ovens are believed to give bread a superior taste, on July 6, 2025 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photo by Omar Karim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Mud Oven Makers -Iraq

Abdullah, a traditional oven maker, works with his family in Kirkuk, Iraq, on July 6, 2025. His family has been crafting mud ovens for nearly a century, passing the skill down through generations. Despite the hard labor and seasonal challenges—particularly drying the mud in extreme weather—the family remains committed to preserving this heritage. Preferred by many restaurants and households over metal ovens, these clay ovens are believed to give bread a superior taste, on July 6, 2025 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photo by Omar Karim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Mud Oven Makers -Iraq

Abdullah, a traditional oven maker, works with his family in Kirkuk, Iraq, on July 6, 2025. His family has been crafting mud ovens for nearly a century, passing the skill down through generations. Despite the hard labor and seasonal challenges—particularly drying the mud in extreme weather—the family remains committed to preserving this heritage. Preferred by many restaurants and households over metal ovens, these clay ovens are believed to give bread a superior taste, on July 6, 2025 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photo by Omar Karim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Mud Oven Makers -Iraq

Abdullah, a traditional oven maker, works with his family in Kirkuk, Iraq, on July 6, 2025. His family has been crafting mud ovens for nearly a century, passing the skill down through generations. Despite the hard labor and seasonal challenges—particularly drying the mud in extreme weather—the family remains committed to preserving this heritage. Preferred by many restaurants and households over metal ovens, these clay ovens are believed to give bread a superior taste, on July 6, 2025 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photo by Omar Karim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Mud Oven Makers -Iraq

Abdullah, a traditional oven maker, works with his family in Kirkuk, Iraq, on July 6, 2025. His family has been crafting mud ovens for nearly a century, passing the skill down through generations. Despite the hard labor and seasonal challenges—particularly drying the mud in extreme weather—the family remains committed to preserving this heritage. Preferred by many restaurants and households over metal ovens, these clay ovens are believed to give bread a superior taste, on July 6, 2025 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photo by Omar Karim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Mud Oven Makers -Iraq

Abdullah, a traditional oven maker, works with his family in Kirkuk, Iraq, on July 6, 2025. His family has been crafting mud ovens for nearly a century, passing the skill down through generations. Despite the hard labor and seasonal challenges—particularly drying the mud in extreme weather—the family remains committed to preserving this heritage. Preferred by many restaurants and households over metal ovens, these clay ovens are believed to give bread a superior taste, on July 6, 2025 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photo by Omar Karim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Traditional Mud Oven Makers -Iraq

Abdullah, a traditional oven maker, works with his family in Kirkuk, Iraq, on July 6, 2025. His family has been crafting mud ovens for nearly a century, passing the skill down through generations. Despite the hard labor and seasonal challenges—particularly drying the mud in extreme weather—the family remains committed to preserving this heritage. Preferred by many restaurants and households over metal ovens, these clay ovens are believed to give bread a superior taste, on July 6, 2025 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photo by Omar Karim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - French Riviera

FRANCE, ALPES-MARITIMES (06) BIOT, SOCCA, SYMBOL OF NICOISE GASTRONOMY, SOCCA IS A VERY LARGE AND THIN PANCAKE MADE FROM CHICKPEA FLOUR. TRADITIONALLY COOKED ON A ROUND COPPER PLATE IN A WOOD-FIRED OVEN, IT WOULD HAVE ITS ORIGINS IN ITALY BEFORE BEING INTRODUCED TO NICE. Photo by Robert Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on May 2, 2025, shows an AI oven making baumkuchen at a Juchheim shop at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan.

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Preserving Tradition And Innovating Duck Culture - Bejing

B Wu Yubo takes roasted ducks out of an oven at the Hepingmen store of Quanjude in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2025. Peking Duck, a representative cuisine of Beijing, has won popularity across the world for its golden, crispy skin and juicy, flavorful meat. Set up by Yang Quanren in 1864 in Beijing, "Quanjude", a time-honored brand for Peking duck, has become a must-go for visitors from both home and abroad. In 2008, Quanjude's craft of making Peking Duck was listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritages. The cooking craft of Peking Duck, which has been passed down for seven generations in Quanjude, is mainly used in two steps, preparation and roasting. To ensure the quality of its duck, Quanjude only chooses a type of local ducks which are fed and raised in a special way so that the proportion of the fat in the duck meat is strictly under control. During the roasting procedure, Quanjude uses wood from hard fruit trees and open fire to get a better taste. Meanwhile, the chef wi

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Preserving Tradition And Innovating Duck Culture - Bejing

B Ducks are being roasted in an oven at the Hepingmen store of Quanjude in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2025. Peking Duck, a representative cuisine of Beijing, has won popularity across the world for its golden, crispy skin and juicy, flavorful meat. Set up by Yang Quanren in 1864 in Beijing, "Quanjude", a time-honored brand for Peking duck, has become a must-go for visitors from both home and abroad. In 2008, Quanjude's craft of making Peking Duck was listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritages. The cooking craft of Peking Duck, which has been passed down for seven generations in Quanjude, is mainly used in two steps, preparation and roasting. To ensure the quality of its duck, Quanjude only chooses a type of local ducks which are fed and raised in a special way so that the proportion of the fat in the duck meat is strictly under control. During the roasting procedure, Quanjude uses wood from hard fruit trees and open fire to get a better taste. Meanwhile, the chef will also

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Preserving Tradition And Innovating Duck Culture - Bejing

B Ducks are being roasted in an oven at the Hepingmen store of Quanjude in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2025. Peking Duck, a representative cuisine of Beijing, has won popularity across the world for its golden, crispy skin and juicy, flavorful meat. Set up by Yang Quanren in 1864 in Beijing, "Quanjude", a time-honored brand for Peking duck, has become a must-go for visitors from both home and abroad. In 2008, Quanjude's craft of making Peking Duck was listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritages. The cooking craft of Peking Duck, which has been passed down for seven generations in Quanjude, is mainly used in two steps, preparation and roasting. To ensure the quality of its duck, Quanjude only chooses a type of local ducks which are fed and raised in a special way so that the proportion of the fat in the duck meat is strictly under control. During the roasting procedure, Quanjude uses wood from hard fruit trees and open fire to get a better taste. Meanwhile, the chef will also

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Border Closures, Israel Cuts Off Water And Electricity Supplies - Gaza Strip

Palestinian kid sits next to an oven in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on the roof of a partially demolished building in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, Palestinian territories, on March 17, 2025. According to reports, the food shortage in Gaza has intensified as there has been no food deliveries due to border closure. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration of the eco-place Envie le Labo - Paris AJ

This photo is an illustration of an oven at the eco-place Envie le Labo during the presentation by the deputy mayor of Paris, who presents the concrete application of the Parisian waste reduction plan with Objective less than 100,000 tons of waste by 2030. December 11, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life In Rural Iran

A woman bakes traditional bread over a clay oven in Dandi, Zanjan province, Iran, on May 2, 2021. This rural area relies heavily on traditional practices for daily living, including agriculture and farming. Photo by Hamid/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life In Rural Iran

A woman bakes traditional bread over a clay oven in Dandi, Zanjan province, Iran, on May 2, 2021. This rural area relies heavily on traditional practices for daily living, including agriculture and farming. Photo by Hamid/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

View of baking flat bread in tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey, on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A woman fires up a tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey, on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A woman makes flat bread in tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey, on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A woman picks wood to fire up a tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A woman makes flat bread in tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey, on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A woman cleans charred tomato and pepers cooked in a tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A view of charred tomato and pepers cooked in a tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A woman charrs tomato and pepers in a tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A woman prepares dough to make flat bread in a tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A man carries a tray of flat bread cooked in a tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A woman prepares dough to make flat bread in a tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baking Tradition - Turkey

A man carries a tray of flat bread cooked in a tandoor, a clay oven in Hatay, Turkey on July 17, 2024. With a 5,000-year history dating back to the Seljuks, the tandoor remains a vital tradition in Central Asia, Anatolia, and beyond. In Hatay, tandoors are placed above ground, unlike the underground ones in Eastern Anatolia, and are widely used alongside stone ovens to bake the traditional 'Tandır Bread'. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pizza oven

Tõrva, 12.11.2024. A wood-fired pizza oven with a small pizza baking inside. The pizza sits on the hot stone floor of the oven, with flames visible on the left side. Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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Bakery in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - An employee takes freshly-baked loaves of white bread with oven mitts at the Urozhai bakery which joined the National Cashback program, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine

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Bakery in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Sweet poppy rolls are seen in the oven during baking at the Urozhai bakery which joined the National Cashback program, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine

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Bakery in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - An employee takes freshly-baked loaves of white bread with oven mitts at the Urozhai bakery which joined the National Cashback program, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine

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Bakery in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Bread loaves are seen in the oven during baking at the Urozhai bakery which joined the National Cashback program, Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine

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Israel Strikes Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp - Gaza

A little Palestinian girl holds bread while standing near a makeshift oven at a temporary camp for displaced families in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on October 17, 2024. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mooncakes Production in Taizhou

TAIZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 8, 2024 - A worker takes a mooncake out of an electric oven at the production workshop of Dongfang Pastry Co., LTD., a time-honored pastry company in Taizhou, East China's Jiangsu province, Sept 8, 2024.

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12 Killed In Israeli Strike On School - Gaza

A Palestinian woman bakes nang, a kind of crusty bread, in a traditional wood-fired oven at a relocation site in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, August 20, 2024. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Evacuation of civilians from Zaporizhzhia region

STEPNOHIRSK, UKRAINE - JUNE 28, 2024 - Local Volodymyr carries a microwave oven during the evacuation from the rural settlement of Stepnohirsk that is shelled daily by Russian troops, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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EGYPT-CAIRO-BREAD SUBSIDY-REDUCTION

(240609) -- CAIRO, June 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A baker collects finished bread from an oven at a bakery in Cairo, Egypt, Jun 7, 2024. TO GO WITH "News Analysis: Egypt enacts unprecedented cut on bread subsidy to reduce budget deficit" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-BREAD SUBSIDY-REDUCTION

(240609) -- CAIRO, June 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A baker collects finished bread from an oven at a bakery in Cairo, Egypt, Jun 7, 2024. TO GO WITH "News Analysis: Egypt enacts unprecedented cut on bread subsidy to reduce budget deficit" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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Rachida Dati at the opening of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for Paris 2024 - Sevres

Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, at the opening ceremony of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Sevres, France, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rachida Dati at the opening of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for Paris 2024 - Sevres

Minister of Culture Rachida Dati accompanied by Rene Jacques Mayer, general director of the Establishment public Cite de la Ceramique, during the opening ceremony of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Sevres, France, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rachida Dati at the opening of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for Paris 2024 - Sevres

Minister of Culture Rachida Dati accompanied by Rene Jacques Mayer, general director of the Establishment public Cite de la Ceramique, during the opening ceremony of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Sevres, France, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rachida Dati at the opening of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for Paris 2024 - Sevres

Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, at the opening ceremony of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Sevres, France, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rachida Dati at the opening of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for Paris 2024 - Sevres

Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, at the opening ceremony of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Sevres, France, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rachida Dati at the opening of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for Paris 2024 - Sevres

Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, at the opening ceremony of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Sevres, France, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rachida Dati at the opening of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for Paris 2024 - Sevres

Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, at the opening ceremony of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Sevres, France, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rachida Dati at the opening of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for Paris 2024 - Sevres

Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, at the opening ceremony of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Sevres, France, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rachida Dati at the opening of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for Paris 2024 - Sevres

Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, at the opening ceremony of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Sevres, France, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rachida Dati at the opening of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for Paris 2024 - Sevres

Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, at the opening ceremony of the wood-fired oven revealing the trophies created for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Sevres, France, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Alain Guizard/ABACAPRESS.COM