Residents of the katchi abadi along the Haro River in Hassanabdal have kept their centuries-old water-run flour mills known as jandars. The mills are powered by fast-flowing water from the nearby ...

The author is the founder of MITRA. India is a land of rich and diverse cultural heritage. Nutritious, delicious and ethically sourced food is one of the vital constituents of the country’s cultural ...

When you think of lowering your grocery bill with homegrown food, wheat probably isn’t the first thing that pops into your mind. Tomatoes, lettuce, and perhaps a flock of backyard chickens often make ...

If you’re ever invited to dinner at Kirk and Maryanne Welton’s house and there’s a fresh-baked loaf of whole-wheat bread on the table, you’ll know it’s a special occasion. Maryanne not only baked the ...

For the best flavor and nutrition, it’s best to grind only the amount of flour you need for that day’s baking and cooking. Any leftover flour should be stored in an airtight container in the freezer. ...

Sometimes geology is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re going to get. The dust bin of the last Ice Age — all the silt and flour left by thousands of years of grinding glaciers at the ...

A group of archaeologists have unearthed a grinding stone dating back to Urartian era in eastern Turkey. Excavations in an Urartian castle of Cavustepe revealed a 2,700 year-old stone used in grinding ...

KARACHI, Sept 22: Has anyone in the government or the business ever thought why are there about 1,000 flour mills in Pakistan with a total grinding capacity that is about five times the requirement of ...

Sunita Devi works hard for about six hours a day, not only to earn her livelihood but also to provide healthy food to the local markets and beyond. Sunita, in her early 50s, along with over a dozen ...

For Archie Jennings and his wife, Mattie, winter mornings start with pulling on layers of warm clothing, jackets, insulated pants, knit hats and thick-soled boots. Beyond a cluster of fruit trees in ...

Have bitcoin? Buy atta. In these yeasty days of e-commerce, rotis are the next frontier. At TWF (The Wheat Flour), which revels in its ‘ground-to-order technology’, Internet-connected, ...