I've been looking at a website called the Artisan dot net - all bread
and pasta recipes. Several of the recipes call for Malt. Only a little
i.e. 1/4 teaspoon.

I've looked for this in baking sections at Safeway and Giant.

Can someone tell me what it is and if I'm looking in the
correct place. Or is it a specialty item only found in Italian
food shops? Or is it no more than the malt you put in milkshakes?

tia.