The Cereal Grain Café
All things related to cereal grains. Join host Dr. Kurt Rosentrater and his guests as they talk about grain, from farm to table, from ancient history to modern technologies, and everything in between. Grain has played a critical role in human societies throughout history, and it continues to even today.
The Cereal Grain Café
Season 3, Episode 1 - Ancient to modern durum wheat with Dr. Marina Mefleh
Welcome to 2025! Food, nutrition, science, education, and communication. All of these are critical to being an effective food scientist, cereal scientist, and food engineer.
Today’s guest is Dr. Marina Mefleh. She is a Professor of Food Studies at The American University of Rome. Her work encompasses sustainability and biodiversity of ancient and old wheats and their suitability in the production of bread, as well as development of sustainable plant-based foods using various alternative sources of protein. If you are interested in her work, more information can be found at her department’s website.
Her publications can be found at her ORCID profile as well as her Google Scholar page.
And, here is a link to her review article comparing ancient to modern durum. If you have a few minutes, I think you will find this a fascinating discussion.
Thank you, Marina for a great conversation!
Our music is Inspiring Cinematic Asia by Lexin Music, which is available at Pixabay.