Cheese For Dummies (eBook)

culture magazine (www.culturecheesemag.com) covers everything to do with cheese, including travel, pairings, recipes, and DIY cheese. Laurel Miller is a food and travel writer based in the Western U.S., contributing editor at culture, and culinary educator and owner of The Sustainable Kitchen. Thalassa Skinner is co-founder of culture and a cheesemonger in Napa Valley, CA, where she is passionately involved with the local cheese, food, wine, and beer scene.

Foreword xxi

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting to Know Cheese 7

Chapter 1: A Crash Course in Cheese 9

Chapter 2: Tracing Cheese from Farm to Table 17

Chapter 3: A Hard Look at Soft Cheeses 39

Chapter 4: Grate Tastes: Hard Cheeses 59

Part II: Choosing and Serving Cheese 73

Chapter 5: Using the Senses to Taste and Learn about Cheese
75

Chapter 6: Purchasing Pointers 85

Chapter 7: Serving and Storing Cheese 95

Part III: Cheese Around the World 109

Chapter 8: The Americas 111

Chapter 9: The British Isles and Ireland 135

Chapter 10: France 147

Chapter 11: Italy 165

Chapter 12: Spain, Portugal, and Other Mediterranean Countries
179

Chapter 13: The Rest of Europe 197

Chapter 14: Off-the-Map Cheesemaking 213

Part IV: Eating, Drinking, and Cooking with Cheese
229

Chapter 15: Making Cheese the Life of the Party 231

Chapter 16: Having a Drink with Your Cheese 245

Chapter 17: Cooking with Cheese, Pt. 1: Appetizers, Salads, and
Sides 263

Chapter 18: Cooking with Cheese, Pt. 2: Main Dishes and Desserts
289

Chapter 19: Making Cheese at Home 317

Part V: The Part of Tens 331

Chapter 20: Ten of the World's Most Bizarre Cheeses
333

Chapter 21: Ten of America's Most Influential Artisanal
Cheesemakers 339

Chapter 22: Ten Cheese Festivals You Shouldn't Miss
345

Chapter 23: Ten Cheese Festivals You Shouldn't Miss
351

Appendix: Metric Conversion Guide 357

Index 361