Hi folks, since you all know lots of the books out there, can you recommend a thorough guide or even 'cheese encyclopedia' with pictures? The more cheese making I do, the more I realize I DON'T know about the diversity of cheese!
I'm hoping to find a big book with lots of information about obscure cheeses. The pictures help so I can visually reference cheeses I've seen in all the countries I've visited, but had no way of asking local peoples what the hell I was even trying. I've had cheeses in North Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Central America that I've never heard of, and didn't even know existed until I saw them when I was there.
Anyway, your guidance is appreciated if you know of a great book.
Dave
Dave
I think there are more cheeses out there than in any one book. For an encyclopedia I think Juliet Harbutt's books (https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,106.0.html) are probably the best overall encyclopedia, she has a new one out in 2009 on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Cheese-Cheeses-Recipes-ultimate-directory/dp/1844764818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265933347&sr=8-1). But it probably has only obscure European cheeses, after which you are probably better off in country specific cheese type books, there's ones reviewed here on French, Italian, & Turkish.
Also, if you remember the name you could search this forum, you never know . . .
If you are looking for a cheese making recipe book then there is no encyclopedia type book with pictures that I know of.
Hi John, yeah the idea is to broaden my knowledge, so the encyclopedia doesn't need to be a recipe book, just good descriptions and such. If it sounds and looks interesting, I would try and source recipes from that point.
If you like Italian cheeses there's a pretty good one I have actually used to try to replicate many of my cheeses. It's called "Italian Cheese: Two Hundred Traditional Types : A Guide to Their Discovery and Appreciation"
Amazon actually has a few used ones right now for only $8 Here (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/8886283989/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used)
Thanx! I just ordered it, can't go wrong with a book that costs less than lunch...
Yeah great price I bought mine for full price and it the first editiion! I love the used book sellers online. I bought a used $200 Culinary textbook for the CIA for only $25 last year.
Also, if you are in to French cheeses then this book is #1 (https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,169.0.html). Here's a book on Turkish cheeses (https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,2495.0.html).