Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating
story. By examining the role of the cheesemaker throughout world
history and by understanding a few basic principles of cheese
science and technology, we can see how different cheeses have been
shaped by and tailored to their surrounding environment, as well as
defined by their social and cultural context. Cheese and Culture
endeavors to advance our appreciation of cheese origins by viewing
human history through the eyes of a cheese scientist.
There is also a larger story to be told, a grand narrative that
binds all cheeses together into a single history that started with
the discovery of cheese making and that is still unfolding to this
day. This book reconstructs that 9000-year story based on the often
fragmentary information that we have available. Cheese and Culture
embarks on a journey that begins in the Neolithic Age and winds its
way through the ensuing centuries to the present. This tour through
cheese history intersects with some of the pivotal periods in human
prehistory and ancient, classical, medieval, renaissance, and
modern history that have shaped western civilization, for these
periods also shaped the lives of cheesemakers and the diverse
cheeses that they developed. The book offers a useful lens through
which to view our twenty-first century attitudes toward cheese that
we have inherited from our past, and our attitudes about the food
system more broadly.
This refreshingly original book will appeal to anyone who loves
history, food, and especially good cheese.
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