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Restoring heritage grains : the culture, biodiversity, resilience, and cuisine of ancient wheats / Eli Rogosa.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 264 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781603586702
  • 1603586709
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Contents:
On the verge of extinction : The roots of modern wheat ; Does modern wheat make us fat? ; Restoring wheat terroir -- Forgotten grains : Discovering landraces ; How traditional farmers domesticate plants ; What is a landrace? ; Wheat's family tree ; Restoring our seed -- Landrace grain husbandry : Weather and wheat : adapting to climate change ; Integrating grains in a whole farm system ; Ecological cropping systems ; Nature farming and double-harvest low-till wheat ; Harvest arts for small-scale growers -- Journey of the sheaves: grain folk traditions : Agriculture as a divine gift ; Old Europe ; Thus planted zarathustra ; Biblical grain traditions ; Al-Andalus, jewel of the world ; Wheat in the new world ; Signature wheat varieties -- A taste of history : Eat like a neolithic farmer ; Nectar from the Gods ; Bread from the earth : the simplicity of sourdough ; Discover for yourself ; Mezze ; Kreplach and pasta ; Dulce.
Summary: In Restoring Heritage Grains, author Eli Rogosa of the Heritage Grain Conservancy, invites readers to restore forgotten wheats such as delicious gluten-safe einkorn that nourished the first Neolithic farmers, emmer―the grain of ancient Israel, Egypt, and Rome that is perfect for pasta and flatbreads, rare durums that are drought-tolerant and high in protein, and many more little known wheat species, each of which have a lineage intertwined with the human species and that taste better than any modern wheat. Restoring Heritage Grains combines the history of grain growing and society, in-depth practical advice on landrace wheat husbandry, wheat folk traditions and mythology, and guidelines for the Neolithic diet with traditional recipes for rustic bread, pastry and beer. Discover the ancient grains that may be one of the best solutions to hunger today, and provide resilience for our future.--COVER.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Including recipes for baking with Einkorn

Wheat is the most widely grown crop on our planet, yet industrial breeders have transformed this ancient staff of life into a commodity of yield and profit--witness the increase in gluten intolerance and 'wheat belly'. Modern wheat depends on synthetic fertilizer and herbicides that damage our health, land, water, and environment. Fortunately, heritage 'landrace' wheats that evolved over millennia in the organic fields of traditional farms do not need bio-chemical intervention to yield bountifully, are gluten-safe, have rich flavor and high nutrition. Yet the robust, majestic wheats that nourished our ancestors are on the verge of extinction.

In Restoring Heritage Grains, author Eli Rogosa of the Heritage Grain Conservancy, invites readers to restore forgotten wheats such as delicious gluten-safe einkorn that nourished the first Neolithic farmers, emmer--the grain of ancient Israel, Egypt, and Rome that is perfect for pasta and flatbreads, rare durums that are drought-tolerant and high in protein, and many more little known wheat species, each of which have a lineage intertwined with the human species and that taste better than any modern wheat.

Restoring Heritage Grains combines the history of grain growing and society, in-depth practical advice on landrace wheat husbandry, wheat folk traditions and mythology, and guidelines for the Neolithic diet with traditional recipes for rustic bread, pastry and beer. Discover the ancient grains that may be one of the best solutions to hunger today, and provide resilience for our future.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-253) and index.

On the verge of extinction : The roots of modern wheat ; Does modern wheat make us fat? ; Restoring wheat terroir -- Forgotten grains : Discovering landraces ; How traditional farmers domesticate plants ; What is a landrace? ; Wheat's family tree ; Restoring our seed -- Landrace grain husbandry : Weather and wheat : adapting to climate change ; Integrating grains in a whole farm system ; Ecological cropping systems ; Nature farming and double-harvest low-till wheat ; Harvest arts for small-scale growers -- Journey of the sheaves: grain folk traditions : Agriculture as a divine gift ; Old Europe ; Thus planted zarathustra ; Biblical grain traditions ; Al-Andalus, jewel of the world ; Wheat in the new world ; Signature wheat varieties -- A taste of history : Eat like a neolithic farmer ; Nectar from the Gods ; Bread from the earth : the simplicity of sourdough ; Discover for yourself ; Mezze ; Kreplach and pasta ; Dulce.

In Restoring Heritage Grains, author Eli Rogosa of the Heritage Grain Conservancy, invites readers to restore forgotten wheats such as delicious gluten-safe einkorn that nourished the first Neolithic farmers, emmer―the grain of ancient Israel, Egypt, and Rome that is perfect for pasta and flatbreads, rare durums that are drought-tolerant and high in protein, and many more little known wheat species, each of which have a lineage intertwined with the human species and that taste better than any modern wheat. Restoring Heritage Grains combines the history of grain growing and society, in-depth practical advice on landrace wheat husbandry, wheat folk traditions and mythology, and guidelines for the Neolithic diet with traditional recipes for rustic bread, pastry and beer. Discover the ancient grains that may be one of the best solutions to hunger today, and provide resilience for our future.--COVER.

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