Cheese Primer by Steven Jenkins Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Cheese Primer
Book Review: Cheap printing, newsprint paper
Summary: 3 Stars
The content is wonderful. Jenkins knows cheeses and presents the information in a clear and readable style. However the overall form of the book is problematic. I was hoping to keep this book as a reference, but it is printed on a cheap newsprint-type paper, and I expect it will soon be yellow and brittle. The photographs are poorly printed (then again photos do not show up well on such grainy paper). I have several other cooking books from Workman Publishing, and they were all well printed and bound, on clean bright paper. I wonder why Workman Pub. suddenly got so cheap?Book Review: Cheese Primer
Summary: 5 Stars
Great - easy to use. Can be used as a resource guide to look up cheeses but also fun to read like a novel/travelogue. My daughter originally bought it as a resource for a school project and we have all enjoyed it. I also gave a copy as a gift with some fun and different cheeses. Great to take to your local cheese shop and spend the morning hunting around.Book Review: Cheese Primer
Summary: 3 Stars
Pity this book doesn't have clear colour photographs. The content is excellent but the edition I have looks rather badly reproduced.Book Review: Cheesy, simply cheesy!
Summary: 5 Stars
Jenkins has put out a top knotch book on every conceivible cheese under the sun. It is a definitive work and sublime reference for any who desire to serve, purchase, and cook with quality cheeses. He includes the history, evolution, manufacture and proper identification for hundreds of cheeses. Also, he includes information on how to test for ripeness as well as where to get your hands on some of the more difficult cheeses. Last but not least, he instructs the reader how to preserve cheese for longevity. I especially appreciate knowing how to store my Parmigiano-Reggiano since around here the good stuff goes for about 17 bucks a pound. Of a special appreciation to me personally is that he includes proper pronunciation of each cheese...nothing is worse than going to the local cheesemonger and mispronouncing the cheese you're after! This is a fine book.Book Review: Comprehensive enough for any cheese lover!
Summary: 4 Stars
Okay, I am a confirmed turophile; I love cheese. This book is more than comprehensive. The Primer lacked good colorful pictures to show off the various popular cheeses. I ended up buying another book just so I could see what the cheeses should actually look like. I need to see visuals!! I did not care for the crowded copy either. It was also a little too textbookish for me. Definitely not for the coffee table, but a good resource guide.