Amber Waves – The Extraordinary Biography of Wheat, from Wild Gr

Amber Waves – The Extraordinary Biography of Wheat, from Wild Gr

The University of Chicago Press

On our breakfast tables and in our bakeries, we take for granted a grain that has made human civilization possible, a cereal whose humble origins belie its world-shaping power: wheat. Amber Waves is a biography of a group of species that grew in scattered stands in the foothills of the Middle East until our ancestors discovered their value as a source of food. Over thousands of years, we moved their seeds to all but the polar regions, slowly cultivating what we now know as wheat, and in the process creating a world of cuisines that use wheat seeds as a staple food. Wheat spread across the world, but as ecologist Catherine Zabinski shows us, a biography of wheat is not only the story of how plants ensure their own success: from the earliest breads to the most mouthwatering pastas, it is\n\nAmber Waves\nThe Extraordinary Biography of Wheat, from Wild Grass to World Megacrop\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracke;

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