Cheese Primer Paperback - 1996
by Jenkins, Steven
- Used
From one of America's foremost cheese authorities comes a comprehensive guide to the best cheeses in the world. Region-by-region, Jenkins covers all the major cheese from France, Italy, Switzerland, and other areas and includes information on judging, buying, storing, serving, and enjoying the tremendous variety of cheeses available at food shops and supermarkets today. Includes wine guide. Photos.
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Details
- Title Cheese Primer
- Author Jenkins, Steven
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Softcover
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 576
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-11
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4182157-6
- ISBN 9780894807626 / 0894807625
- Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 1.2 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 3.05 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Cheese
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93023175
- Dewey Decimal Code 641.373
From the rear cover
Brimming with knowledge, enthusiasm, and decided opinions, Steven Jenkins's CHEESE PRIMER is everything you need to know to judge, savor, choose, store, and serve the terrific variety of cheeses now available. He presents a region-by-region guide through France, Italy, and Switzerland, as well as the British Isles, Spain, the U.S., and other cheese-producing countries. Here are all the well- and little-known cheese worth exploring-and some surprising heavyweights you may want to avoid ) imported Brie, for example.
A complete primer, its features include pairing wine with cheese, orchestrating a cheese course, and local gems to seek when traveling abroad.
Steven Jenkins is the first American to be awarded France's prestigious Chevalier du Taste-Fromage. He has created and/or revamped the cheese counters at Dean & Deluca, the Fairway Market, Balducci's, and other celebrated fine food shops in New York and across the country. "A Broadway impresario hos' hit is food" (New York Times), Mr. Jenkins lives with his family in New York City.
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Citations
- Library Journal, 11/15/1996, Page 82
- Publishers Weekly, 10/21/1996, Page 81
