Restoring Heritage Grains: The Culture, Biodiversity, Resilience, and Cuisine of Ancient Wheats - Brossura

Rogosa, Eli

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1603586709 ISBN 13: 9781603586702

Casa editrice: Chelsea Green Pub Co, 2016

Riassunto

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.

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L'autore:

Eli Rogosa found her calling about two decades ago in the Middle East. Working with farmers in the Fertile Crescent, she came upon a treasure of heritage wheat growing healthily in the stifling heat without chemical intervention. Consequently, Rogosa started The Heritage Grain Conservancy with the aim to preserve landrace wheat, educate, and ensure that future generations have access to wheat that is disappearing around the world in the face of industrial agriculture. In addition to her work in preservation, Rogosa manages an artisan bakery on her biodiverse farm. Einkorn, a type of wheat used in her most popular bread, has an ancient lineage, and its different type of gluten is tolerated by many people with sensitivities to modern wheat. She farms with her companion, Cr Lawn, and has two children, Noah and Ezra.

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• Editore: Chelsea Green Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1603586709
• ISBN 13: 9781603586702
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264