Reinventing the Wheel
Milk, Microbes and the Fight for Real Cheese
Bronwen Percival & Francis Percival
Reinventing the Wheel
Milk, Microbes and the Fight for Real Cheese
Bronwen Percival & Francis Percival
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It covers breeds of cattle (fascinating), farming (harsh but glorious), and the nature of milk and microbes (again, fascinating) ... a marvellous book, dense with data yet never a slog.
It covers breeds of cattle (fascinating), farming (harsh but glorious), and the nature of milk and microbes (again, fascinating) ... a marvellous book, dense with data yet never a slog.
A passionate argument for the value of artisanal farmhouse cheeses, explaining what's involved in cheese-making, its history and the prospects for cheese now.
A groundbreaking book-cum-manifesto.
The single most important book I have read this year.
A fascinating timely tale of re-learning how to work with microbes and rescue healthy traditional cheese
An erudite and entertaining journey through dairy farming, microbiology, anthropology, history, public health, politics and gastronomy. A scrupulously researched and thoughtful manifesto for a more complex and nuanced approach to cheesemaking.
An insightful and knowledgeable read that highlights the importance of following and not losing ancient traditions in the 21st century.
A rich and eye-opening insider's account of the modern cheese world: the anonymous uniformity underlying the apparent bounty of the cheese counter, the near extinction of truly exceptional cheese, and the new scientific appreciation of pre-scientific cheesemaking, with its canny reliance on biodiversity in pastures and cattle and the dairy, which may help bring more distinctive and flavourful cheese to tomorrow's table.
A book that combines scientific rigor, commercial expertise and passionate connoisseurship.
A heroic study of cheesemaking that is at once scholarly and sensory. Bronwen and Francis Percival dissect the relationships – micro and macro – that give shape to great flavour.'
Reinventing the Wheel is a gift, a careful exploration of our shared history and the tension between progress, modernity, and tradition. Fundamentally, it is a book full of hope, and it is the most exciting food writing I have experienced in years.
A cheese love story that's so well told you won't be able to put it down. If you are even half as fascinated by cheese, culinary history, and good stories as I am, this will be the most compelling book you read this year.
The Percivals take a deep, serious dive into the culinary history, sociology, politics, terroir, microbiology, and how-to of the making and eating of cheese, raw and pasteurized. Both kinds, when done right, can be delicious and safe. This book should convince anyone that the making of wondrous cheeses is a science as well as an art.
Challenges us to think more deeply about cheese than almost any of us might have imagined possible. Imperative reading for anyone who wants to understand why a small number of cheeses are extraordinary.
A brilliant consideration of microbial ecology, the science that is causing a refresh of our view of everything from human health to the health of cows and farmers in the dairy industry.
Bronwen Percival is the cheese buyer for Neal's Yard Dairy in London. In addition to working with cheesemakers and the company's maturation team to select and optimise the quality of the cheese they sell, she works to mobilise collaboration between cheesemakers and the scientific community. Bronwen served as an editor for the Oxford Companion to Cheese, winner of the 2017 James Beard Award for Reference & Scholarship. Francis Percival is a food writer and columnist for The World of Fine Wine. His writing won Louis Roederer Best International Wine Columnist in 2013 and Pio Cesare Food & Wine Writer of the Year in 2015. Along with Bronwen, he is a co-founder of the London Gastronomy Seminars.
It covers breeds of cattle (fascinating), farming (harsh but glorious), and the nature of milk and microbes (again, fascinating) ... a marvellous book, dense with data yet never a slog.
A passionate argument for the value of artisanal farmhouse cheeses, explaining what's involved in cheese-making, its history and the prospects for cheese now.
A groundbreaking book-cum-manifesto.
The single most important book I have read this year.
A fascinating timely tale of re-learning how to work with microbes and rescue healthy traditional cheese
An erudite and entertaining journey through dairy farming, microbiology, anthropology, history, public health, politics and gastronomy. A scrupulously researched and thoughtful manifesto for a more complex and nuanced approach to cheesemaking.
An insightful and knowledgeable read that highlights the importance of following and not losing ancient traditions in the 21st century.
A rich and eye-opening insider's account of the modern cheese world: the anonymous uniformity underlying the apparent bounty of the cheese counter, the near extinction of truly exceptional cheese, and the new scientific appreciation of pre-scientific cheesemaking, with its canny reliance on biodiversity in pastures and cattle and the dairy, which may help bring more distinctive and flavourful cheese to tomorrow's table.
A book that combines scientific rigor, commercial expertise and passionate connoisseurship.
A heroic study of cheesemaking that is at once scholarly and sensory. Bronwen and Francis Percival dissect the relationships – micro and macro – that give shape to great flavour.'
Reinventing the Wheel is a gift, a careful exploration of our shared history and the tension between progress, modernity, and tradition. Fundamentally, it is a book full of hope, and it is the most exciting food writing I have experienced in years.
A cheese love story that's so well told you won't be able to put it down. If you are even half as fascinated by cheese, culinary history, and good stories as I am, this will be the most compelling book you read this year.
The Percivals take a deep, serious dive into the culinary history, sociology, politics, terroir, microbiology, and how-to of the making and eating of cheese, raw and pasteurized. Both kinds, when done right, can be delicious and safe. This book should convince anyone that the making of wondrous cheeses is a science as well as an art.
Challenges us to think more deeply about cheese than almost any of us might have imagined possible. Imperative reading for anyone who wants to understand why a small number of cheeses are extraordinary.
A brilliant consideration of microbial ecology, the science that is causing a refresh of our view of everything from human health to the health of cows and farmers in the dairy industry.
Bronwen Percival is the cheese buyer for Neal's Yard Dairy in London. In addition to working with cheesemakers and the company's maturation team to select and optimise the quality of the cheese they sell, she works to mobilise collaboration between cheesemakers and the scientific community. Bronwen served as an editor for the Oxford Companion to Cheese, winner of the 2017 James Beard Award for Reference & Scholarship. Francis Percival is a food writer and columnist for The World of Fine Wine. His writing won Louis Roederer Best International Wine Columnist in 2013 and Pio Cesare Food & Wine Writer of the Year in 2015. Along with Bronwen, he is a co-founder of the London Gastronomy Seminars.