FOOD SLOW RISE: A BREAD-MAKING ADVENTURE by Robert Penn (Particular £17.99, 240 pp) Is there any smell more delicious than that of freshly baked bread? No wonder supermarkets pump the aroma through their stores to entice shoppers to spend more. As a nation we love our bread, gobbling nearly 12 million loaves a day. Humans … Read more
Introducing babies to gluten-rich foods such as Weetabix from four months of age could prevent them from developing wheat allergies as they get older, study finds. Researchers from King’s College London examined data on 1,004 babies as part of a wider study into food tolerances and how they develop. Half those studied were breastfed exclusively … Read more
Price of bread is set to rise after worst wheat harvest in 40 years due to extreme weather Volatile extremes of rainfall followed by intense heat has destroyed wheat crops Farmers say their grain silos are nearly empty where they should be full by now Some millers have already started charging up to 10 per … Read more
David Hockney is a Vogue cover star with his painting of golden wheat fields to illustrate a return to nature in the post-Covid world David Hockney’s vibrant landscape will feature on the cover of August’s Vogue The themed edition, called Reset, is all about the post-Covid return to nature The landscape piece, titled Wheat Field … Read more