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| Home Cheese Making: Recipes for 75 Delicious Cheeses | 
 enlarge | Author: Ricki Carroll
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 1098
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7 x 0.8
ISBN: 1580174647
Dewey Decimal Number: 637.3
UPC: 037038174649
EAN: 9781580174640
ASIN: 1580174647
Publication Date: October 14, 2002
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| Customer Reviews:
 I think is a wonderful book March 16, 2004
67 out of 73 found this review helpful
I am very disapointed to read a negative comment about this book of Ricki Carroll, because being myself a dairy microbiologist and working everyday with cheeses, as Mrs. Carroll, I really find her book a great reference for anyone who wants to start making cheese from home from the very begining, or even for proffesionals to clarify some general concepts. You will find in this book good and precise explanations about a difficult topic, not always easy to explain, what she masters well. Is an affordable book for anyone interested in making our own cheese.
 One of life's greatest pleasures February 20, 2004
27 out of 29 found this review helpful
I have read this book very carefully from cover to cover and find the information very accurate and easy to follow. It takes you in a very easy step by step manner through this most ancient art. Start small by trying the easiest recipes and making the cheeses you like and then as you start to become better, you can slowly try your own little variations.Using this book, I have made Cheddars, Goudas and even Blue cheese that has won my Bed and Breakfast quite a reputation. Find out a little bit about the cheeses I make by visiting
www.geocities.com/cinnabarfarm
 Very confusing, but nice recipes. January 7, 2004
23 out of 28 found this review helpful
Quite a few recipes, many good, but as a prior reviewer stated, this book is confusing, especially with the hard cheeses. If you have never done this before, try a beginner's book like the one by Shane Sokol. That one has fewer recipes, but is wonderful for the beginner.
 Not worth it at all December 15, 2003
22 out of 36 found this review helpful
This book is so impractical, I'm very glad I didn't pay for it. A very essential part of making hard cheese is a means to provide pressure, a press. This author refers to the use of different pounds of pressure, but gives little or no advice on how to achieve that pressure. For instance, she'll say, "20 pounds of pressure for 30 minutes". How??There is a primitive diagram of a cheese press that involves the use of a tree stump, but no real directions. It's very frustrating. The recipes are OK, but I'm sure you could find similar recipes elsewhere. This book is a waste of time if you're just starting out.
Very good September 10, 2003
28 out of 35 found this review helpful
This book contains a lot of information, and you'll learn how to make cheese from it. In essence it's all you need to get started. Pictures in the similar book authored by B. Ciletti are better, whereas this book is a little more informative. I suggest that you buy one or the other.
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