Cheese
Making of a Wisconsin
Tradition
Jerry Apps
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 and conversational style, Apps documents 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 adds
his insights into the foam cheese headgear and other cheese phenomena.
Jerry Apps was born and raised on a central Wisconsin
farm, a mile from the Chain O'Lake one-room country school, which
he attended for eight years. Professor emeritus of education
at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he devotes most
of his time to writing about rural America, especially the upper
Midwest. Apps has also written several education books including Teaching from the Heart, Mastering the Teaching of Adults, and Study Skills for Adults Returning to School. Among
his many popular books about Wisconsin's heritage, the most recent
is Ringlingville USA.
Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)
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January 2005
LC: 78-012317 SF
236 pp. 7 x 10
104 b/w photos, 22 illus., 4 maps
• For more about Jerry Apps and his work, please visit his website at www.jerryapps.com |
