Catherine Zabinski

A biography of a staple grain we often take for granted, exploring how wheat went from wild grass to a world-shaping crop. At breakfast tables and bakeries, we take for granted a grain that has made human civilisation possible, a cereal whose humble origins belie its world-shaping power: wheat. Amber Waves tells the story of a group of grass species...

At breakfast tables and bakeries, we take for granted a grain that has made human civilisation possible, a cereal whose humble origins belie its world-shaping power: wheat. Amber Waves tells the story of a group of grass species that first grew in scattered stands in the foothills of the Middle East until our ancestors discovered their value as a source...