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The Cheese Chronicles
Liz Thorpe
A Journey Through The Making And Selling Of Cheese In America, From Field To Farm To Table
Ecco
August 2009
On Sale: August 1, 2009
400 pages ISBN: 0061451169 EAN: 9780061451164 Paperback
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The Cheese Chronicles is an insider's look at the burgeoning
world of American cheese from one lucky person who has seen
more wedges and wheels, visited more cheesemakers, and
tasted more delicious (and occasionally stinky) American
cheese than anyone else. Liz Thorpe, second in command at
New York's renowned Murray's Cheese, has used her notes and
conversations from hundreds of tastings spanning nearly a
decade to fashion this odyssey through the wonders of
American cheese. Offering more than eighty profiles of the
best, the most representative, and the most important
cheesemakers, Thorpe chronicles American cheesemaking from
the brave foodie hobbyists of twenty years ago (who put
artisanal cheese on the map) to the carefully cultivated
milkers and makers of today. Thorpe travels to the nation's
cheese farms and factories, four-star kitchens and farmers'
markets, bringing you along for the journey. In her quest to
explore cheesemaking, she high-lights the country's greatest
cheeses and concludes that today's cheesemakers can help
provide more nourishing and sensible food for all Americans.
Steve Jenkins, author of the celebrated Cheese Primer, calls
this "the best book about cheese you'll ever read." The
Cheese Chronicles is a cultural history of an industry that
has found breakout success and achieved equal footing with
its European cousins.
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