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Kindstedt, Paul.
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Cheese -- History.
Cheese.
Cheesemaking -- History.
Cooking (Cheese) -- History.
Cheese industry -- History.
Civilization, Western -- History.
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Kindstedt, Paul.
Cheese -- History.
Cheese.
Cheesemaking -- History.
Cooking (Cheese) -- History.
Cheese industry -- History.
Civilization, Western -- History.
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Cheese
and
culture
: a
history
of
cheese
and
its
place
in
western
civilization
/ Paul S. Kindstedt.
by
Kindstedt, Paul.
Chelsea Green Pub., c2012.
Call #:
637.309 K51c
Subjects
Cheese
--
History
.
Cheese
.
Cheesemaking --
History
.
Cooking (
Cheese
) --
History
.
Cheese
industry --
History
.
Civilization
,
Western
--
History
.
ISBN:
9781603584111 (hc.)
1603584110 (hc.)
Description:
x, 253 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-244) and index.
Contents:
Southwest Asia and the ancient origins of
cheese
--
Cheese
, religion, and the cradle of
civilization
-- Bronze, rennet, and the ascendancy of trade -- Greece,
cheese
, and the Mediterranean miracle -- Caesar, Christ, and systematic
cheese
making -- The manor, the monastery, and the age of
cheese
diversification -- England, Holland, and the rise of market-driven
cheese
making -- The puritans, the factory, and the demise of traditional
cheese
making -- The cultural legacy of
cheese
making in the Old and New Worlds.
Summary:
"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
"--Provided by publisher.
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