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The Whole Fromage: Adventures In The Delectable World Of French Cheese (2013)

by Kathe Lison(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0307452069 (ISBN13: 9780307452061)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Broadway Books

review 1: In general informative but incomplete. This was an interesting travelog of a few French cheese-making areas. Good information about how cheese is made and the changes in methods used to make cheese from the small farmhouse to today's big conglomerates and industrial producers. There was some discussion of taste, but I would have liked to see a discussion about the nutritional differences between raw and pasteurized cheeses, those with and without additives, etc. Raw milk proponents say that the microbial benefits of raw milk cheese are worth the risks, and there was no discussion of that issue.
review 2: There were some interesting stories and information about cheese that I appreciated learning. Overall it has the same problems that I have found numerous non-... morefiction books have had recently. The two biggest problems I have is the lack of organization, jumping here and there around France and to the next cheese without any transition or explanation. The second issue I had with the book was the negative descriptions of all the people she meets. Is there no way to describe people positively or without making fun of them? less

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