How to Use soda bread in a Sentence

soda bread

noun
  • Irish soda bread warms gently in the oven.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2026
  • There will be a soda bread baking contest that calls for all bread to be made from scratch.
    — Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Irish soda bread is yeast-free, and there are more than a few hundred gluten-free recipes online.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 9 Apr. 2020
  • But as soon as the last juices have been sopped up (preferably with brown bread or soda bread), our minds turn to sweets.
    — Samantha MacAvoy, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Rashers, black ‘n white pudding and soda bread, anyone?
    — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Our taste testers came to the table with varying opinions on Irish soda bread.
    — Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • But there are also biscuits and soda bread — all worthy yeastless carbs.
    — Krysten Chambrot, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The menu will feature corned beef and cabbage, potatoes, carrots, soda bread and dessert.
    — courant.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • This filling dish is a complete meal on its own, but a slice of Irish soda bread goes with it nicely.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023
  • What is not traditionally Irish, though, is this soda bread recipe.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • To begin, there are moreish pickles, warm soda bread, and thin slices of sweet Irish Coolea cheese.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The recipe was a stepchild of her soda bread, leaving out the buttermilk, and putting in the sweet plantains and vanilla instead.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 2 June 2020
  • This hybrid scone-soda bread has a dense, cake-like texture and unpleasant licorice aftertaste from a heavy hand of caraway seeds.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Of course, Rochford created the ultimate Irish bread — soda bread.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Who doesn't love soda bread, Guinness, and potatoes; a few of the elements that make up the different recipes.
    — Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Bakers can enter an Irish soda bread competition at the Feis.
    — Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2022
  • On the food side, the restaurant will offer an Irish breakfast baguette, Irish soda bread and meat and veggie breakfast pies.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 10 Mar. 2021
  • White soda bread is often enjoyed as farls, toasted or fried and laid high with bacon and eggs, or in sweet varieties made with sultanas or even treacle.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Or, go for a buttery Irish soda bread, which also conveniently doubles as breakfast.
    — Samantha MacAvoy, Good Housekeeping, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Guests tucked into slabs of soda bread with lashings of butter and chicken pot pie, washed down by flights of Baileys on ice and second helpings from a trifle cart.
    — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
  • To nibble alongside, the kit also provides the ingredients and recipe for Andytown’s soda farl, a style of soda bread.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The basic traditional Irish soda bread calls for flour, buttermilk, baking soda and salt.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Listen to some Celtic music, snack on some Irish soda bread, or watch an Irish movie to set the mood for your crafting activities.
    — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Banana bread, zucchini bread, beer bread and Irish soda bread recipes bypass yeast and use baking soda or baking powder as a leavening agent.
    — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 16 Apr. 2020
  • It is often braised in water or broth with pickling spices, cabbage, carrots, and potatoes, which are all served together with plenty of mustard and Irish soda bread.
    — Laura Monroe, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The focus will be on Irish cooking, including making a shepherd’s pie and traditional Irish soda bread.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Whether planning to brave the cold or just looking to snack on some Irish soda bread at home, there are a number of ways to celebrate the holiday in Chicago and the suburbs.
    — Ashley Capoot, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • There’s a host of other breads to choose as well, like multigrain, bakers white/peasant, Irish soda bread on Thursdays, and Semolina Batard.
    — Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Subcategories include best gluten-free Irish soda bread, most unique and best vegan irish soda bread, and each winner gets a $25 gift certificate.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But many other forms of seaweed are edible, from kelp (known as wakame in Japanese, and used in soups and other dishes) to dulse, often baked into soda bread in Ireland.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022

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