Amber Waves: The Extraordinary Biography of Wheat, from Wild Grass to World Megacrop

The biography of a staple grain we often take for granted, exploring how wheat went from wild grass to a world-shaping crop.

Amber Waves tells the story of a group of grass species that first grew in scattered stands in the foothills of the Middle East until our ancestors discovered their value as a source of food. Over thousands of years, we moved their seeds to all but the polar regions of Earth, slowly cultivating what we now know as wheat, and in the process creating a world of cuisines ...