Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas by Mark Kurlansky

Pour a glass and get out the cookies before reading.' - Library Journal's Nonfiction Picks, May 2018 'The author of Salt (2002) and Cod (1997) tackles another staple food in this chatty history of milk and some of the many products made from it. That relationship shifted with the Industrial Revolution, which meant out with the family cow and in with pasteurization and, eventually, food fights over industrial farming, animal rights, and GMOs. Here he examines our relationship to milk since the domestication of animals more than 10,000 years ago. Kurlansky's charming history brims with excellent stories and great details.' - Publisher's Weekly 'Cod, salt, paper, oysters, 1968, and Havana-Kurlansky always picks a singular subject, then runs with it as he provides historical and cultural context. Everybody can learn, and everybody will eat.' - Washington Post on INTERNATIONAL NIGHT, 'Kurlansky's entertaining, fast-paced history of milk exhibits his usual knack for plumbing the depths of a single subject.

Such is the case of Mark Kurlansky and the codfish.' - David McCullough on COD 'Kurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt.' - The New York Times Book Review on SALT 'Kurlansky approaches Havana like an Impressionist painter, building the image of this metropolis of 2 million inhabitants with subtle brushstrokes.' - Washington Post on HAVANA 'An early favorite. Associated Press on THE BIG OYSTER 'Every once in a while a writer of particular skill takes a fresh, seemingly improbable idea and turns out a book of pure delight. has a keen eye for odd facts and natural detail.' - The Wall Street Journal on THE BIG OYSTER 'Magnificent. A great read on a great subject!' - Mimi Sheraton 'Fascinating stuff. Pour a glass and get out the cookies before reading.' - Library Journal's Nonfiction Picks, May 2018 'As with Mark Kurlansky's Cod and Salt, I wish I had written Milk! Never would I have thought that so elementary a liquid food had such an intriguing history, one that includes science, politics, economics, and gourmandize.

'Kurlansky's entertaining, fast-paced history of milk exhibits his usual knack for plumbing the depths of a single subject.

Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas by Mark Kurlansky