The Life of Cheese. Heather PaxsonКулинария. California Studies in Food and Culture
- Название
- The Life of Cheese
- Автор:
- Heather Paxson
- Серия:
- California Studies in Food and Culture
- Жанр:
- Кулинария
- Год выпуска:
- 0
- isbn:
- 9780520954021
- Аннотация:
- Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. Heather Paxson’s beautifully written anthropological study of American artisanal cheesemaking tells the story of how craftwork has become a new source of cultural and economic value for producers as well as consumers. Dairy farmers and artisans inhabit a world in which their colleagues and collaborators are a wild cast of characters, including plants, animals, microorganisms, family members, employees, and customers. As «unfinished» commodities, living products whose qualities are not fully settled, handmade cheeses embody a mix of new and old ideas about taste and value. By exploring the life of cheese, Paxson helps rethink the politics of food, land, and labor today.