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Recent Books
Pacific Northwest Cheese, A History
For years, pioneer farmers made cheese to support themselves, but over time the craft of cheesemaking was supplanted by industrial production. In past several decades, an artisan cheese renaissance has emerged and today over eighty small scale artisans make cheese in the Pacific Northwest. Meet fur trappers from the Hudson's Bay Company, Oregon Trail settlers and 1970s back-to-the-landers in this lively and engaging tale of dairy animals and cheese pioneers.
Oregon State University Press
2013
Powell’s | Indiebound | Amazon
Artisan Cheese of the Pacific Northwest
A survey of contemporary cheesemakers from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia. Meet the people behind all of the region's great cheeses and discover their stories. Bonus: a glossary and cheese style guide, plus recipes that show you what to do with all of that great cheese!
Countryman Press
2009
Powell’s | Indiebound | Amazon
“Tami Parr has channeled her unstoppable passion for Pacific Northwest cheese and cheesemakers into this must-have book. In the process, she has created an essential resource for every cheese lover and every library.”
— Laura Werlin, author of Laura Werlin’s Cheese Essentials
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“Tami Parr’s research reveals the roots of today’s artisan cheese renaissance: the people, the geography, and the historical forces that shaped cheese production in the Pacific Northwest. An impressive and valuable work of scholarship.”
— Janet Fletcher, author of Cheese & Beer and Cheese & Wine
