The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board offers a massive cookbook dedicated to all manner of cheese recipes that cannot fail to convince even the most resolutely antidairy partisan that every kitchen must sport a refrigerator full of one of the world's oldest edibles. Cheeses from the Badger State's farms consist virtually of cows' milk alone. Goat and cheese varieties still languish in obscurity. These recipes testify to growing American taste for more assertively flavored cheeses such as blue and for less-common Italian varieties such as the liquid mascarpone. Inclusion of a number of Mexican-inspired dishes illustrates the mainstreaming of south-of-the-border cooking even in the upper Midwest. Although this book breaks no new ground and appeals to the most general audience of supermarket shoppers and cooks, it glimpses budding sophistication among both cheese producers and consumers. Color photographs throughout help sell the recipes' promised delights. --Mark Knoblauch
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The Gourmet Retailer.com, June 2010 “Every so often a cookbook comes out that is not only a good collection of recipes but is a boon for the industry as well… So it is with great enthusiasm that I trumpet the arrival of a new book that can take its rightful place on the shelf alongside those modern classics, “_The Great Big Cheese Cookbook_”, a great new resource for cooking with cheese from the folks at the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB)… What is perhaps most exciting about a cookbook such as this one is the business point of view. It lifts cheese off the snack tray and adds it to the kitchen pantry, where it becomes an integral part of the cooking process…. This one is a must-have for any cheese lover or cheesemonger.”
Sacramento Book Review, August 29, 2010 “These creations are sure to whet any cheese-lover’s appetite. Clifton Fadiman once said “Cheese is milk’s leap towards immortality” and this book is filled with delectable recipes that will immortalize anyone.”
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The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board offers a massive cookbook dedicated to all manner of cheese recipes that cannot fail to convince even the most resolutely antidairy partisan that every kitchen must sport a refrigerator full of one of the world's oldest edibles. Cheeses from the Badger State's farms consist virtually of cows' milk alone. Goat and cheese varieties still languish in obscurity. These recipes testify to growing American taste for more assertively flavored cheeses such as blue and for less-common Italian varieties such as the liquid mascarpone. Inclusion of a number of Mexican-inspired dishes illustrates the mainstreaming of south-of-the-border cooking even in the upper Midwest. Although this book breaks no new ground and appeals to the most general audience of supermarket shoppers and cooks, it glimpses budding sophistication among both cheese producers and consumers. Color photographs throughout help sell the recipes' promised delights. --Mark Knoblauch
Review
The Gourmet Retailer.com, June 2010
“Every so often a cookbook comes out that is not only a good collection of recipes but is a boon for the industry as well… So it is with great enthusiasm that I trumpet the arrival of a new book that can take its rightful place on the shelf alongside those modern classics, “_The Great Big Cheese Cookbook_”, a great new resource for cooking with cheese from the folks at the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB)… What is perhaps most exciting about a cookbook such as this one is the business point of view. It lifts cheese off the snack tray and adds it to the kitchen pantry, where it becomes an integral part of the cooking process…. This one is a must-have for any cheese lover or cheesemonger.”
Sacramento Book Review, August 29, 2010
“These creations are sure to whet any cheese-lover’s appetite. Clifton Fadiman once said “Cheese is milk’s leap towards immortality” and this book is filled with delectable recipes that will immortalize anyone.”