Wheat Sheaf

Cut from the ripe stands of Wheat and bound at the stem, this sheaf carries the plump, short-bristled heads that every other cereal is measured against — and the reason the word "bread" needs no qualifier.

Wheat grows readily and threshes clean, which is why it is the sheaf a forager brings home first and the one every kitchen keeps in stock. Milled, its fine pale flour rises into the loaf every other bread is measured against.