Thursday, September 26, 2013

Book Beginning: Pacific Northwest Cheese by Tami Parr


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MY BOOK BEGINNING


If you've visited a farmers market lately you have probably come across more than one local cheesemaker selling their wares.
From the author's introduction to Pacific Northwest Cheese: A History by Tami Parr.
Beginning as early as the fifteenth century a succession of European explorers sailed up and down the west coast of North America, searching for a variety of things including the elusive Northwest Passage, a sea route connecting Europe and Asia.
From Chapter 1, "Furs, Cattle, and Empire: English Cheese in the Pacific Northwest."

Tami Parr dug deep in the history of the Pacific Northwest to research her engaging history of regional cheesemaking, from pioneers making fresh cheese while en route on the Oregon Trail, to the renaissance of small-scale cheesemaking in the 60s and 70s, to today's artisanal cheesemaking scene.

As the author of Artisan Cheese of the Pacific Northwest and the creator of the Pacific Northwest cheese project, Parr knows of what she writes and she writes it well. She incorporates the stories of local cheesemakers and industry innovations that bring to life evolution of the cheese business in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

This is a fun and informative history that will please Pacific Northwesterners and foodies farther afield.

7 comments :

  1. Probably not the type of book I'd have on my bedside reading pile but I do really like cheese - yum ;)

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  2. Not my type of books but hope you enjoy it. I do like the product even if I don't want to read a book about it.

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  3. I love to eat cheese, but don't think I want to read about it.

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  4. This sounds good...thanks for sharing.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    http://silversolara.blogspot.com/2013/09/book-beginnigs-9272013.html

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  5. The last time I went to a farmer's market, I don't recall seeing cheese :/

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  6. This looks like a good read. I love cheese and it's the one thing that prevents me from becoming a vegan, although I am a vegetarian.

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