Reinventing the Wheel

...if you are interested in artisan vs. commercial cheese production, microbes as fairy godmothers and evil witches, and raw milk vs. pasteurized milk, you'll come away with a much more nuanced approach to all three topics. -- Wanderlust and Words From this book, one gains a real appreciation for the complexity, science, and artistry of cheese making. -- Choice Part manifesto, part history and part reference book, this summary of modern cheese-making will appeal equally to microbiologists, cheese aficionados, farmers and cheesemakers. -- Microbiology Today Combines scientific rigor, commercial expertise and passionate connoisseurship. -- The Street Imperative reading for anyone who wants to understand why a small number of cheeses are extraordinary. -- The Art of Eating Provides input that is as valuable to a contemporary wine drinker as it may be to anyone interested in delicious cheese, or in personal health. . . .2017 Book of the Year -- Wine & Spirits This is the single most important book I've read this year. . . .There is, within the book, a history not only of cheese but also of mankind. As anyone involved in the wine industry knows, many of the changes in the last 100 years are coming full circle as modern generations realise that there is much to be learned from old ways. We've seen this full-circle pattern start to play out in winemaking virtually everywhere, where younger generations are embracing both the best of technology and the best of tradition. Francis and Bronwen Percival seem to see that too: that it is not about doing away with technology and reversing modernisation, but that it's possible to harness technology and tradition together and move forward to a better place.--Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com Well-researched and detailed. -- Edible East Bay Not since Harold McGee's monumental 'On Food and Cooking' (1984) and Sandor Katz's masterly 'The Art of Fermentation' (2012) have I enjoyed and learned so much as I did from the Percivals' book. -- The Wall Street Journal This book should convince anyone that the making of wondrous cheeses is a science as well as an art. -- Food Politics