Einkorn Wheat Bread: Ötzi the Iceman’s Last Meal
Ötzi the Iceman is Europe's oldest mummy, dating back to 3,300 B.C. Ötzi managed to eat a meal of meat, an herb, and bread made from einkorn wheat sometime shortly before his death.
View ArticleTypes of Wheat: Nutritional Content & Health Benefits Comparison
For over 7,000 years, mankind has cultivated and developed wheat for breads and cereals. Today, we consume more wheat, as a percentage of our daily diet, than any other food.
View ArticleLack of Toxicity in Einkorn Gliadin
In 2006, the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology released the results of a study which suggested the possibility of adding einkorn grain to the dietary options of celiac patients. I have quoted...
View ArticleGrinding Einkorn
I just ground some fresh whole-grain einkorn flour. It's beautiful, slightly yellow and about as soft as powdered sugar. The household grain mill that I used did an awesome job. I can't wait to make...
View ArticleAntioxidants in Einkorn Better Preserved In Baking Process
If there were a single change to our daily diet that would significantly increase our daily antioxidant intake, what would that change be? Eat einkorn bread.
View ArticleWhat’s Lacking?
Something to think about the next time you not only reach for that Coke, the Twinkies or a bag of potato chips, but also that 5 lbs. bag of unbleached but enriched All-purpose flour with which you plan...
View ArticleEli Rogosa & UMass Amherst Help to Establish Ancient Einkorn Wheat
Eli Rogosa talks in this video about the UMass Amherst program to preserve and establish heirloom wheat grains, including einkorn (Triticum monococcum), into modern agriculture.
View ArticleTriticum Monococcum
Triticum monococcum is the domestic form of einkorn wheat. The wild form of einkorn is called Triticum boeoticum.
View ArticleDid Wheat Hybridization Give Rise To Celiac Disease?
Starting in the 1960’s, and increasingly in the 1990’s, plant breeders undertook efforts to produce hybrid wheat varieties with the goals of improving yield and disease resistance. Both worthwhile...
View ArticleOther Names for Einkorn
We call it “einkorn” but across the world, Triticum monococcum has many names, and that’s no surprise since it’s the world’s most primitive form of wheat. Here are the names we’ve collected: einkorn...
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