The Modern Cheesemaker: Making and cooking with cheeses at home

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There has been a huge growth in artisan cheese making in recent years, following hot on the heels of smoking, preserving and brewing, all traditional techniques that are drawing a new audience from people willing to invest their time to achieve satisfying results. The Modern Cheesemaker shows you how to make approximately 12 delicious cheeses such as halloumi, pecorino, mozzarella and Indian paneer at home. Using easy-to-follow instructions and including Morgan's expert tips, you'll learn how to become your own artisan cheesemaker. This beautifully photographed book also contains recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner using the cheeses you've created. Read the inspiring and fascinating profiles of cheesemakers from around the world. All of them are experts and they impart their interesting stories and also share their favourite cheese recipes. Cheesemakers include Imran Saleh from India, Italy's Rosa Pidello Rosso, French creamery Beillevaire, and Old Chatham in the United States who formed the largest dairy farm in North America.

Morgan McGlynn is the owner of Cheeses of Muswell Hill, an award-winning independent cheese shop in North London. At age 21 she was Britain's youngest female cheesemonger and she is the resident Cheese Expert on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch. She is also cheese consultant for leading retailers including Selfridges, Harrods, Fortnum & Mason and in 2017 launched her cheese wholesale business which now stocks some of the UK's best delicatessens, farm shops, Michelin star restaurants and cheese shops, including Alain Ducaisse at the Dorchester. She counts Nigel Slater, John Torrode, Dan Doherty from Duck & Waffle and Tom Kerridge amongst her many fans.

'From the first time I met Morgan I knew she was a special talent. From making, storing and ageing to tasting, slicing and hunting out new cheeses, there seems to be nothing she doesn't know.' -- Simon Rimmer