A review by ineffablebob
Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and Its Place in Western Civilization by Paul Kindstedt

informative slow-paced

3.5

The title says it all - this book takes a trip through the history of western civilization and points out where cheese fits in along the way. The cheese is part of the larger impact of agriculture, of course, since you need animals to get the milk to make the cheese. I found it particularly interesting when the author explained how the geography and/or societal restrictions impacted the types of cheese being made - for instance, when highland farmers developed low-salt methods of cheesemaking since it was hard to transport the salt up the mountains.