Unpasteurized Inga book

Unpasteurized Inga book

[Find Saint Isidore’s Bandaged Cheddar Cheese – made by Inga Orth]

Part memoir, part cookbook, and wholly heartfelt, Unpasteurized Inga is Inga Orth’s story of farming, family, healing, and finding her way back to herself—one meal, one season, and one hard-earned truth at a time.

For years, Inga (Witscher) Orth invited viewers into her Wisconsin farm through public television, sharing recipes, stories, and a way of life rooted in the land. But behind the camera, she was carrying burdens she didn’t yet have words for.  In Unpasteurized, Inga tells the story she never expected to write.

Part memoir and part cookbook, this deeply personal collection follows her journey through farming, marriage, family estrangement, friendship, loss, healing, and the slow work of learning to trust herself. From a barn wedding and a creamery fire to farmers’ markets, cheesemaking, and life with a herd of Jersey cows, Inga reflects on the moments that shaped her—and the meals that sustained her along the way.

Woven throughout are nourishing recipes inspired by the rhythms of farm life: simple breakfasts, soups, salads, suppers, and desserts meant to be shared around a table. More than recipes, they are reminders that food can comfort, connect, and help us find our way home.

Honest, wise, and deeply heartfelt, Unpasteurized Inga is a story about returning to what matters most: good food, meaningful work, chosen family, and the courage to become yourself.

Published by Little Creek Press, 2026.

“Fromagination celebrates Inga’s unfiltered courage and the land that shaped her. ‘Unpasteurized Inga’ is a heartfelt, unfiltered look at a woman who has spent her life honoring the land, her craft, and her own truth. Inga’s stories move with the same authenticity she brings to her farm and her cheese—honest, resilient, and deeply rooted in Wisconsin soil. Her recipes feel like extensions of her journey, small rituals of nourishment and renewal. This book is a generous offering from someone who has finally allowed herself to be fully, beautifully unpasteurized.”          – Ken Monteleone, owner & founder of Fromagination