Breakfast cereal in the United States means something crunchy scooped out of a box from the supermarket, a bowl of granola or perhaps oatmeal, cooked in haste in the microwave. In Asia it’s a ...

Barley always used to be on hand in the kitchen cupboard as a welcome answer for a quick supper. But I don’t remember having it in either someone’s home or at a restaurant lately. Barley was probably ...