The Science of the Cottage Food Industry: How Selling Cookies Became a Regulatory Philosophy Science of Everything Book

The cottage food industry exists because governments, reluctantly, admitted something they spent a century trying to deny:That not all food comes from factories.That not every jar needs a barcode.That sometimes a person with an oven, a recipe, and a folding table is not the first step toward cholera.This book is not about cooking.It is about permission.Cottage food laws are the regulatory equivalent of a sigh — a carefully worded “fine” issued by public health departments after decades of trying to outlaw grandmothers, church bake sales, and people who know how to frost cupcakes without a spreadsheet.