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Though not a true cereal but a fruit, buckwheat seeds resemble cereal grains and are often used in a similar way to rice, barley, bulgar or quinoa, usually as a side dish.

Buckwheat, like Marmite and durian, is a seriously divisive foodstuff, so it needs a seriously capable defence team if it's ever going to make it on to most people's dinner tables.

Buckwheat may be planted later than any similar crop, and often does well on old meadows or waste land that can be broken after the more exacting crops are planted.

I love making buckwheat crepes with ham, Parmesan cheese, and a fried egg on top. It's my go-to breakfast.

I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.

Reminded of what a diet really is, I began eating more slowly, being more conscious of when I was full. I started to enjoy my buckwheat bread with goat cheese and pureed butternut-squash soup as a response to real hunger.

Every era has its own list of ingredients that are considered exotic and then, 15 years later, they're not.

Carbohydrate is the bad guy. You have to see that.

There are so many ingredients that are approved for use. You can't be an expert on all of them.

The blueberry-soy weight-loss smoothies my son makes for me taste terrible, but my doctor says they're good for me.