Bibliograph

Reinventing the wheel, milk, microbes, and the fight for real cheese, Bronwen Percival, Francis Percival

Type

Label

Reinventing the wheel, milk, microbes, and the fight for real cheese, Bronwen Percival, Francis Percival

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-281) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Reinventing the wheel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

973481466

Responsibility statement

Bronwen Percival, Francis Percival

Series statement

California studies in food and culture, 65

Sub title

milk, microbes, and the fight for real cheese

Summary

"Reinventing the Wheel is equal parts popular science, history, and muckraking. Over the past hundred and fifty years, dairy farming and cheesemaking have been transformed, and this book explores what has been lost along the way. Today, using cutting-edge technologies like high-throughput DNA sequencing, scientists are beginning to understand the techniques of our great-grandparents. The authors describe how geneticists are helping conservationists rescue rare dairy cow breeds on the brink of extinction, microbiologists are teaching cheesemakers to nurture the naturally occurring microbes in their raw milk rather than destroying them, and communities of cheesemakers are producing "real" cheeses that reunite farming and flavor, rewarding diversity and sustainability at every level."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue : the lost world -- Ecologies -- Real cheese -- The third rail -- Breed -- Feed -- Microbes -- Risk -- Cultures -- Families and factories -- Expertise -- Markets -- Reinventing the wheel

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