Milk! - A 10,000-Year Food Fracas (Paperback)

Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the bestselling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic, and culinary story of milk and all things dairy--with recipes throughout. According to the Greek creation myth, we are so much spilt milk; a splatter of the goddess Hera's breast milk became our galaxy, the Milky Way. But while mother's milk may be the essence of nourishment, it is the milk of other mammals that humans have cultivated ever since the domestication of animals more than 10,000 years ago, originally as a source of cheese, yogurt, kefir, and all manner of edible innovations that rendered lactose digestible, and then, when genetic mutation made some of us lactose-tolerant, milk itself. Before the industrial revolution, it was common for families to keep dairy cows and produce their own milk. But during the nineteenth century, mass production and urbanization made milk safety a leading issue of the day, with milk-borne illnesses a common cause of death. Pasteurization slowly became a legislative matter. And today, milk is a test case in the most pressing issues in food politics, from industrial farming and animal rights to GMOs, the locavore movement, and advocates for raw milk, who controversially reject pasteurization. Profoundly intertwined with human civilization, milk has a compelling and a surprisingly global story to tell, and historian Mark Kurlansky is the perfect person to tell it. Tracing the liquid's diverse history from antiquity to the present, he details its curious and crucial role in cultural evolution, religion, nutrition, politics, and economics.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	Mark Kurlansky
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 0mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-1-63286-383-6
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > General cookery > Cookery by ingredient > Cooking with dairy products Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > World history > General Books > Food & Drink > General cookery > Cookery by ingredient > Cooking with dairy products Promotions
LSN:	1-63286-383-9
Barcode:	9781632863836

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