UPDATE: This is an April Fools’ Day article, entirely made up, from the the baldness and gout to the lashed legionnaire. As far as we know, you can eat your spelt in good health and conscience. Phew.

Mix starter, cover and let sit overnight (eight to 12 hours) at room temperature of about 75 F. Pour the flax seeds into a separate bowl and just barely cover with water, then cover the bowl. By the ...

Spelt flour has a slight sweetness, a pinkish-brown hue and makes really superb, flavoursome bread. Sharpham Park mill a particularly good type that, mixed with white wheat flour, gives these rolls a ...

Swedish cuisine is surprisingly rich in spices and herbs. Food writer John Duxbury loves the aroma of the fennel when baking this bread, and shares the step-by-step in this quick recipe. In this ...

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for spelt and poppy-seed bagels with sugar-cured mackerel and mustard. “The characteristic chewy, dense texture of bagels comes from blanching them in sweetened ...

To try Sam's recipe for sourdough bread made with spelt flour and flax seeds, click here. Imagine if Matisse limited himself to one color. His paintings wouldn't be quite so beautiful. It's the same ...

Both tangy and sweet, these are lovely served warm at breakfast and also great with thick wintry soups. Put the yeast, 50 ml (1¾ fl oz) lukewarm water and 1 teaspoon of the sugar into a bowl, stir ...

Put the yeast into 50ml (2fl oz) of the water with 1 tsp of the sugar, stir and leave to sit somewhere warm for 15 minutes. It will start to 'sponge' – you'll see it get frothy. Stir the rest of the ...

I've not been well. Nothing quantifiable, just feeling tired all the time, run down; spent. So I made bread rolls. That's what works for me. Regular over the counter remedies never quite hit the spot.