Terri Schlichenmeyer
“Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas,” by Mark Kurlansky
Your cookies are no good today.
They’re too crumbly, too soft, too … something. They don’t taste right, maybe because you’re missing an essential from your fridge.
No snacks for you. Instead, you might as well dunk into “Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas” by Mark Kurlansky.
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In the beginning, there was Earth - sprang from milk, if you subscribed to the beliefs of the Fulani of West Africa, the Norse, Iraqis, the Egyptians or the Greeks. They and others had milk or lactating women at the forefront of their creation myths, which made things easy for them to explain.
Inside “Milk,” there’s a surprising fact about lactose intolerance, and a whole lot more.
Starting in antiquity and bringing us up to modern times (and modern problems), author Mark Kurlansky exhaustively examines everything you ever wanted to know about milk, but didn’t know enough to ask. He shares other facts and looks at esoteric milk-based foods that have been enjoyed through the ages - and he includes recipes for the brave.
While this book is absolutely entertaining, it may be best-suited for foodies, historians and the curious. If you got “Milk,” you’ll know exactly how the cookies crumble.
