CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

GOOD NEWS-AND THEN MORE

ONE QUIBBLE

THE GLUTEN QUESTION

THE LAY OF THE LAND (OR OF THE BOOK, AS THE CASE MAY BE)

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE: COOKING WHOLE GRAINS

A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF OUR WHOLE GRAINS

1: EARLY

THE WEEKDAY CEREALS

THE WEEKENDERS

2: COLD

WHEAT BERRY SALADS

RICE AND WILD RICE SALADS

MORE WHOLE-GRAIN SALADS

NOT SALADS AT ALL

3: WARM

BURGERS

SOUPS AND STEWS

CASSEROLE COMFORT

CLASSICS, WHOLE-GRAINED

UNEXPECTED ELEGANCE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

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PERIMETER, CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM RIGHT: Job’s tears; white, black, and red quinoa; rye berries; sorghum; millet; teff; buckwheat groats; wild rice and “cultivated” wild rice; and triticale berries. CENTER FROM TOP: amaranth; oat groats; hull-less and black barley