Something quietly remarkable is happening in kitchens around the world. Foods that nourished ancient civilizations thousands of years ago are showing up in modern grocery aisles, restaurant menus, and ...

Since ancient times, bread has been a staple in the diets of many cultures around the world. Back then, bread was very ...

Building on the Middle East’s reputation as one of the historical birthplaces of cereal crop domestication, a KAUST-led team has compiled the first complete genome map of an ancient grain known as ...

In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey. Now, more than 5000 years later, archaeologists have unearthed it, ...

Einkorn is grown as a relict or niche crop in Europe. But as heatwaves shrivel the region’s grain production, it may hold the key for helping crop breeders in Europe to develop bread wheat varieties ...