This book contains 50 pages, interspersed with over 20 recipes from around the world. It explores the history and uses of FLOUR throughout the world, because of its importance in many countries and cultures. Flour can be used as a unifying theme, giving a starting point for work in a wide range of subjects - Geography, History, and Cultural Studies.

The book contains a wide variety of recipes which make use of flour as a principal ingredient. There are literally thousands of flour-based recipes from around the world so this choice was difficult!

The final section of the book contains some further project ideas related to flour. Again, the aim is to provide ideas and inspiration - the level of the work can be adapted according to need.

FACTS

Famine; Planting and Harvesting; Milling; Types of Flour - Atta, Brown, Buckwheat, Chickpea, Corn/Cornstarch, Potato, Rice, Self-Raising, Soya, Stoneground, White, Wholemeal, Yam; At the Bakery; A Brief History of Bread.

Bread and Beliefs: Christmas - Finland, France, Holland, Mexico, Switzerland. All Souls' Day - Ecuador, Peru, Mexico. Easter - Greece, Italy, Portugal, Russia. Superstitions.

RECIPES

Making Bread -Yeast, Salt, Kneading, Rising, Proving, Baking, Testing.

Bread from around the World; Bread used in Cooking; Flour used in Cooking; Also:noodles, pasta, Pizza, Buns, Cakes, Pastries, Pies and Tarts, Sandwiches.

PROJECTS

Bakers Clay. Bread Clay. Flower Pot Bread. Dough Pasta Picture. Pasta Jewellery. Food from Flour Collage. Ground your own Flour. Leaf Tiles. Playdough. Make Gluten. Watching Bread Rise. Looking at Fertilizer. Mould. Watching Yeast. Water Wheel. Windmill.