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Milk: The Surprising Story Of Milk Through The Ages (2008)

by Anne Mendelson(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1400044103 (ISBN13: 9781400044108)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Knopf

review 1: I love to read both food books and nonfiction, I LOVE dairy, I like to cook and I am a biologist. Basically this book should have combined all my favorite things and yet I can't decide if I really like this book or I really don't...Hmmm...the book is a little dry at the beginning but then it picks up, the tone shifts, she has an agenda (she doesn't like the way we process milk which is why I picked this book up so that is fine with me but others may not like it) but then she seems pretty grumpy about the history of milk which doesn't make the reading fun. Yet there were things I really liked and I feel like it got better as it went a long. I ended up with 3 stars.PS - this is really more of a recipe book with history mixed in
review 2: Thus far I am loving this... more book. Mendelson looks at the history of milk using taste as her rule. She does look critically at the modern dairy industry, but rather than bemoan the decrease in the health benefits of milk, the poor treatment of dairy cattle, or the corporate nature of the dairy industry, she talks more about the loss of richness & flavor in our modern versions of an ancient food source. The recipes are an added benefit as you learn about a dairy product and can then go and try to recreate a product that would most likely be unaccessible at your local grocery. If you are interested in food (who isn't?) then give this a try. less

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