Ancient Grains for Modern Meals - Maria Speck [127]
www.bobsredmill.com
toll-free: (800) 349-2173
KING ARTHUR FLOUR
America’s oldest flour company (founded in Boston in 1790) is employee-owned and renowned by homemakers and professionals alike for their dedication to the quality of their products. The Vermont-based company is another top address, especially for your flour needs, from whole grain pumpernickel to spelt flour (many of them organic). And the friendly staff at their baking hotline answers any questions you might have about succeeding with scones, muffins, cakes and more. The company also sells dough whisks for blending batter.
www.kingarthurflour.com
toll-free: (800) 827-6836
ARROWHEAD MILLS
Organic farming pioneer Frank Ford founded the company in the Texas Panhandle 50 years ago in 1960. Today owned by the Hain Celestial Group, it sells many organic whole grain products, from long grain brown rice to quinoa, millet and whole oats (groats), as well as a variety of whole grain flours, from spelt to barley and cornmeal.
www.arrowheadmills.com
toll-free: (800) 434-4246
ANSON MILLS
Revered by chefs and grain lovers, this South Carolina–based milling company is as passionate about their organic grains and flours as one can be. Under its founder Glenn Roberts, Anson Mills has revived near extinct heirloom grains from before the Civil War, from corn to rice and wheat. All products are stone-milled as in the days of yore with lots of dedicated labor involved such as hand-sifting and hand scrubbing, which is also reflected in the price. The mill offers superbly textured and aromatic grits, cornmeal, and different kinds of whole grain polenta. My current favorite: their tiny whole grain farro piccolo, which is very small ancient wheat of Italian origin. It cooks fast and brings a rustic sweetness and unique plumpness to your table. Their slow-roasted farro, a firm textured and flavorful whole grain, is equally worth exploring. Yes, some of their grains and grits need time to cook. But once you’ve tried them, you might never look back—or at your clock for that matter. In addition to grains, the mill also sells a number of distinct character-rich flours, such as a Colonial-style whole wheat and a coarse graham flour as well as buckwheat and rye flour.
www.ansonmills.com
phone: (803) 467-4122
BLUEBIRD GRAIN FARMS
Food lovers rave, justifiably so, about the farms’ organic whole grain farro, which is sold as “Emmer Farro.” The farm in Washington state also offers freshly ground whole grain farro flour and the cracked grain, plus a number of other whole grain flours and grain berries such as hard red and soft white wheat berries and rye berries.
www.bluebirdgrainfarms.com
toll-free: (888) 232-0331
WILD HIVE FARM
This New York State farm offers freshly ground organic flours and whole grains such as spelt berries and soft white wheat berries. Food lovers cherish the farms’ coarse stone ground extra-fancy polenta. The farm also sells whole grain rye flour and different grinds of stone-ground whole grain cornmeal.
www.wildhivefarm.com
phone: (845) 266-5863
FULL BELLY FARM
Bakers savor the flavor of their organic whole grain flour. It is ground to order in a stone-mill from Sonora wheat, a soft red wheat. The organic farm, located in Northern California, doesn’t advertise its flour on its website because of the very limited quantity, but aficionados would say, do give it a try.
www.fullbellyfarm.com
toll-free: (800) 791-2110
LOTUS FOODS
Lotus Foods pursues the universe of rice with a passion. The company offers an especially delicious Chinese black rice, which the company has trademarked as Forbidden Rice, and other whole grain rice varieties from around the globe, many organic, such as brown jasmine rice or brown kalijira