Making Great Cheese: 30 Simple Recipes from Cheddar to Chevre Plus 18 Special Cheese Dishes [Hardcover]

Barbara J. Ciletti (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2000

The author offers a brief history of cheese, explains the basic procedures with milk (pasteurising, souring, adding rennet, separating curds and whey, moulding, drying), the supplies and equipment needed, starter cultures, and the basic cheese press, plus easy-to-follow cheese recipes.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 143 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579901093
• ISBN-13: 978-1579901097
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,917,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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63 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable book for the beginner cheese maker, April 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Making Great Cheese: 30 Simple Recipes from Cheddar to Chevre Plus 18 Special Cheese Dishes (Hardcover)

This is a great book for anybody who loves cheese. I was a total cheese maker novice when a friend who is a chef told me about this book. It is perfect. I found many of the recipes practical and basic. There were several labeled as easy and fairly easy, which gave me the confidence to give them a try. I really enjoyed the history of cheese and other tips, such as storage, uses, yield, etc. This is an invaluable book for the beginner cheese maker. Experienced cheese makers would love it also. It's a beautiful book with excellent photography. I hope to see a series of cookbooks by this author.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Out of Print -- Try Two Others!, May 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Making Great Cheese: 30 Simple Recipes from Cheddar to Chevre Plus 18 Special Cheese Dishes (Hardcover)

I bought this book along with two others, "And That's How You Make Cheese!" by Shane Sokol and "Cheesemaking Made Easy" by Ricki and Robert Carroll. I liked all three books, but this one is now out-of-print.

If you are a beginner looking to make some of your first cheeses, I recommend "And That's How You Make Cheese!" by Shane Sokol. This book is very easy to follow and has recipes for all of the more popular cheeses, 30 of them, I think. If you have some practice under your belt and want to try some of the more obscure cheeses, order "Cheesemaking Made Easy." There are more recipes for cheeses you may not have heard of before, but this book may be a little confusing if you are beginner.

All of these books are good, and will help you make good cheeses right in your kitchen. Please check out these other two that are available and are similar.