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Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes, and the Fight for Real Cheese (Volume 65) (California Studies in Food and Culture) by Percival, Bronwen; Percival, Francis; is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes, and the Fight for Real Cheese (Volume 65) (California Studies in Food and Culture) about?

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 landscapes have been exchanged for higher yields and monoculture. However, Bronwen and Francis Percival find reason for optimism. Around the world—not just in France, but also in the United States, England, and Australia—enterprising cheesemakers are exploring the techniques of their great-grandparents. At the same time, using sophisticated molecular methods, scientists are upending conventional wisdom about the role of microbes in every part of the world. Their research reveals the resilience and complexity of the indigenous microbial communities that contribute to the flavor and safety of cheese. One experiment at a time, these dynamic scientists, cheesemakers, and dairy farmers are reinventing the wheel. **

Who reads Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes, and the Fight for Real Cheese (Volume 65) (California Studies in Food and Culture)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Percival, Bronwen; Percival, Francis;
Publisher
University of California Press
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9780520290150
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Biology, Science
Rating
4.6 / 5 (39 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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