Overview
Making cheese at home is one of the joys of a self-sufficient lifestyle, along with gardening, canning, and raising chickens. Author Janet Hurst is a twenty-year-veteran home cheesemaker, who shows you how to easily craft your own cheddar, feta, chèvre, mozzarella, and 50 more cheeses. Included are profiles of 20 artisan cheesemakersfrom Cypress Grove, Vermont Butter and Cheese, Shelburne Farms, Does Leap, Pure Luck, and moreand their favorite recipes.
Full Product Details
Author: Janet Hurst
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Imprint: Voyageur Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.490kg
ISBN: 9780760338483
ISBN 10: 0760338485
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 24 March 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
<p>I responded readily to Janet's book because it is so friendly, simple to follow, attractive to the eye, well researched and has a very personal touch. It's like sitting down with her and, over a cup of coffee and a plate of hot out of the oven scones, having her share all of these wonderful experiences. Her passion for cheese is evident.<p>http: //www.chatterboxcheese.blogspot.com/
Hurst, who's been making cheese at home for over 20 years, adds to a wave of recent books that address cheese making at home, part of a bigger trend linking learning and appreciation for the craft of food with budgeting. She provides a good selection of achievable recipes, such as for chevre and halloumi, which further benefit from the many handsome illustrations. The distribution of some important information to later chapters and placement of profiles of cheese makers in the middle of explanatory sections undermine the instructional function of the book and break the flow. Verdict Compared to other titles like Jody Farnham and Marc Druart's The Joy of Cheesemaking, this guide is not as rigorous and places less emphasis on the science behind making cheese at home. Purchase only where cheese making is popular.--Peter Hepburn, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago (Library Journal)
I responded readily to Janet s book because it is so friendly, simple to follow, attractive to the eye, well researched and has a very personal touch. It s like sitting down with her and, over a cup of coffee and a plate of hot out of the oven scones, having her share all of these wonderful experiences. Her passion for cheese is evident.</p>http: //www.chatterboxcheese.blogspot.com/ </p>
Author Information
Janet Hurst has been a home artisanal cheesemaker for twenty years and is a certified cheesemaker through the University of Vermont's Institute of Artisan Cheese. She writes on cheesemaking for Mother Earth News, Mary Jane's Farm, Dairy Goat Journal, Countryside, and more.
