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Small batch : pickles, cheese, chocolate, spirits, and the return of artisanal foods / Suzanne Cope.

by Cope, Suzanne.

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Rowman & Littlefield, c2014.

Cottage industries.

Food industry and trade.

Small business.

Cheesemaking -- History.

Chocolate candy -- History.

Liquors -- History.

9781442227347 (hc.)

1442227346 (hc.)

vii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Artisanal foods : from here to there and back again -- Pickles : artisans, craftsmen & hip entrepreneurs -- Cheese : the power of the post pastoral -- Chocolate : the localness of exotics -- Spirits : looking to the past to create the future -- Defining the movement, one bite at a time.

"More and more people seek to stock their pantries, and their bellies, with handcrafted or locally grown and made foods. Specialty markets and sections at grocery stores are catering to this new desire for the special, the unique, the carefully made foods. A look at the artisanal food revolution by studying four foods -- the history of the production of cheese, pickles, chocolate, and alcoholic spirits, and interviews with over fifty modern artisans. The influences, challenges, and evolving identity of these modern craft industries, and what it means to be an artisan.

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