Cheese: The Making of a Wisconsin Tradition
This is a story of farmers, milk cows, dairy barns, and green pastures. It is the story of cheese makers who work their magic and turn milk into cheese. Jerry Apps narrates the history of the cheese-making industry in Wisconsin from its inception in the 1940s to the present. In his compelling yet conversational style, Apps documents how the daily lives of the early cheese makers and how Wisconsin became the nation’s number one cheese producer. The experiences come from the cheese makers, milk...
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This is a story of farmers, milk cows, dairy barns, and green pastures. It is the story of cheese makers who work their magic and turn milk into cheese. Jerry Apps narrates the history of the cheese-making industry in Wisconsin from its inception in the 1940s to the present. In his compelling yet conversational style, Apps documents how the daily lives of the early cheese makers and how Wisconsin became the nation’s number one cheese producer. The experiences come from the cheese makers, milk haulers, cheese graders and buyers, with stories of snow-blocked roads and frozen milk, of fish in the milk cans, wine in the cheese cellars, and the early resistance toward "western" cheese. Apps explains the many different kinds of Wisconsin-made cheeses (including those that originated or are exclusively made in the state), and discusses the current cheese producers, their factories and technology. Apps also includes his insights into the wedge-shaped foam headgear and other cheese phenomena.
Acknowledgmentsvi1The Story of Wisconsin Cheese12Beginnings73Wisconsin Cheese Making: 1840-1880134Rapid Expansion: 1880-1920315Adjustment: 1920-1960476Transition: 1960-Present637How Cheese Is Made798Cheese Makers879Cheese Factories: Inside and Out10510Cheese Buyers, Graders, and Inspectors11911Well-Known Cheeses13112Specialty Cheeses14913Celebrating and Promoting Cheese16114The Funny Side of Cheese17115Selected Cheese Factories18316Touring Cheese Factories and Museums207References213Index221
