Cheese Please


"How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?" –Charles de Gaulle

There are over 1,000 listings for cheese in The Cheese Lover's Companion for you to salivate over. You can't have cheese without Milk!: A 10,000 Year Food Fracas. Or can you? What about Vegan Cheese or This Cheese Is Nuts!? Like a little danger with your cheese? Read The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese.




"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." –G.K. Chesterton

Want to make your own cheese? Try it at home in One-Hour Cheese or read Artisan Cheese Making at Home. Branch out into Kitchen Creamery and make your own butter, yogurt and cheese. Have leftover cheese (impossible!)? Experiment melting your cheese in Grilled Cheese, Please! and Pizza Camp, recipes from what Bon Appetit magazine called "the best pizza in America." We can't forget The Mac + Cheese Cookbook either!





"You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese." –Anthony Bourdain

BONUS: Listen to Stuff You Missed in History's Class's podcast about the origin of cheeses, opens a new window