Annotations:
"Du Puis' book is a rich and frothy drink, well worth consuming, just like its subject."--"New York History" "This is an entertaining, informative, and tightly argued book, one well worth adding to any food library."
"Gastronomica" "An excellent social history of the development of milk drinking and production in the United States."
--"American Studies" "Very readable and extremely well documented...DuPuis provides great insights throughout by reflecting on the thoughts of influential thinkers."
--"Choice" "DuPuis is able to dive beneath the controversy that milk engenders today. Instead, she presents an informative, balanced history of milk production and consumption--how we get our milk and why we drink so much of it."
--"E," Westport, CT For over a century, America's nutrition authorities have heralded milk as "nature's perfect food," as "indispensable" and "the most complete food." These milk "boosters" have ranged from consumer activists, to government
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