Easily accessible information in guidebook format Includes 50 recipes, for appetizers to desserts, highlighting each of the 8 styles of cheese Features a chapter on entertaining with cheese. Whether shopping at gourmet markets or at Costco, American consumers are seeing a growing, even dizzying, array of new cheeses. But as the number of cheeses has grown, so has the intimidation factor. Recognizing this disconnect between our voracious appetite for cheese and our often-sketchy knowledge of it, acclaimed cheese expert Laura Werlin decided it was high time to demystify the cheese-buying experience. Laura Werlin"s Cheese Essentials-a comprehensive introduction in a convenient guidebook format-is the extremely useful result. Werlin"s book begins at the same place the flummoxed shopper does-the cheese counter. After mapping out the basics for navigating this daunting environment, Werlin acquaints you with the cheese fundamentals: the different kinds of milk used,...