Cheese Primer by Steven Jenkins Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Cheese Primer
Book Review: Sherri Thorne's Reviews
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the type of food guide that anyone would love to own! Steve Jenkin's passion for cheese leaps off the pages. Well illustrated, it takes the reader through all the major cheese producing countries on the planet. Filled with information on how to buy, store and serve cheese, it is useful for both novice and connoisseur alike. A welcome addition to anyone's kitchen library.Book Review: Steve Jenkins Is A Master
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a writer (in my spare time). I write about technology and so I would like to believe that I have a sense for the relative depth of someone's knowledge and their passion for a particular subject.
Steve Jenkins is brilliant. His book is so fact filled that it can appear to be initially overwhelming. But despair not, you will come out so much the better "foodie" for working through the detail!
Steve delivers a geographical representation in such compelling terms that you can actually see the process and people in your mind's eye.
The book is a triumph and my only regret is that it took me this long to read it. I could have saved so much time and money had I just read the damn book!
Book Review: Tell me about cheese.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a book that gives you all kinds of helpful information re cheeses. It is an excellent reference source to have on hand at home.Book Review: Terrifically cheesy
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is great fun, giving stories and information of common and obscure cheeses. Known and obscure cheese makers also. We use it as reference for lots of reasons.Book Review: The Best Introduction to Cheese
Summary: 4 Stars
Steven Jenkins has written 'a passionate guide
to cheese'. He may well be, as the cover copy
claims 'America's most opinionated authority'.
What makes this book the most important volume
on the subject right now is that the man has
tasted most of the world's cheeses and has or-
ganized his careful tasting notes in a way that
makes them easy to access.
His geographical sections are sprinkled with
sidebars that are often interesting or useful
and his writing style is bubbly and fun.
It's true that this book is in no way a primer.
It's not about first principles, and some of what
it has to say is just plain wrong. Fat doesn't
float because it's heavier than water, (p.15)
for instance and the best wine to serve with
a cheese is only occasionally one from the
same region (many of the best dairy lands aren't
in wine country).
Of course, any book that calls itself opinionated
is going to have opinions that provoke disagreement.
There are also going to be holes in the en-
cyclopedic fabric. (Steve, how could you have missed
Austria's Voralberger Bergkäse?)
Quibbles aside, this is an author who cares about
one of the good things in life and has devoted his
time, taste and intelligence to sharing that thing
with the rest of us. The result is a book that will
bring a lot of pleasure and be used as a reference
for many years. For less than the cost of a pound
of Reggiano, this is a great buy.
Lynn Hoffman, author of THE NEW SHORT COURSE IN WINE
and the forthcoming novel bang-BANG from Kunati Press.
(ISBN 1601640005)