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  • Reinventing the Wheel

    Milk, Microbes and the Fight for Real Cheese

    **Wine and Spirits Book of the Year 2017**A fascinating look into the world of cheese and its creators.In little more than a century, the drive towards industrial and intensive farming has altered every aspect of the cheesemaking process, from the bodies of the animals that provide the milk to the science behind the microbial strains that ferment it. Reinventing the Wheel explores what has been ... Read more

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  • Reinventing the Wheel

    Milk, Microbes, and the Fight for Real Cheese

    Series Book 65 - California Studies in Food and Culture
    In little more than a century, industrial practices have altered every aspect of the cheesemaking process, from the bodies of the animals that provide the milk to the microbial strains that ferment it. Reinventing the Wheel explores what has been lost as raw-milk, single-farm cheeses have given way to the juggernaut of factory production. In the process, distinctiveness and healthy rural ... Read more

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