News Headline
Why Mexican Chefs, Farmers And Activists Are Reviving The Ancient Grain Amaranth
Source
NPR
Publication Date
2017-05-02
On a sunny Friday morning in San Pablo Huitzo, a town in the Valles Centrales region of Oaxaca, Mexico, a half-dozen women are gathered for a workshop on making alegrías, a healthy, granola bar-like snack made with popped amaranth seeds. Their ingredient list is short: water, honey, raisins, a form of raw cane sugar known as piloncillo, and lime juice.