What would you do with a one-pound bag of toasted buckwheat groats, a.k.a. kasha? If you’re like most Ashkenazi Jews, you’d probably cook up kasha varnishkes, the Jewish “soul food” side dish made of ...

If you’ve only noticed buckwheat in the context of pancakes, soba noodles or blini, then prepare to see it more often. Buckwheat was named a top food trend for 2024 by Whole Foods Market thanks to its ...

The recipe for this classic Eastern European Jewish dish of caramelized onions tossed with bow tie egg noodles and buckwheat groats comes from author and essayist Phillip Lopate. When this dish ...

Buckwheat is having its day in the sun. It’s a bright moment for this deserving, nutritious food that gets far too little recognition. As an ingredient in crackers, snacks, pancakes, and breads, and ...

No one wants to stand over a hot stove stirring oatmeal first thing in the morning during the summer, and Monday to Friday it’s hard to find the time to do so in the first place. Instead of resorting ...

Had I called this recipe by the name I grew up hearing — kasha varnishkes – would you have even read this far? What does that mean anyway? The traditional Eastern European dish — which combines ...

The interest in various grains and legumes continues to grow. For instance, farro - which we first mentioned in a 1995 Chronicle "What's New" column - is increasingly popular. It got its start on a ...

Long before there were farm wineries, breweries and micro-distilleries in the Finger Lakes, there was the Birkett Mills in Penn Yan, Yates County, which channeled water from the Keuka Lake Outlet for ...

In late July, I found myself standing in a field at dawn in the fertile Skagit Valley in Washington state. Gazing across a patchwork of test plots, each planted with a different variety of wheat, ...