Everyday Cheesemaking: How to Succeed at Making Dairy and Nut Cheeses at Home

Description

An introduction to DIY home cheese making made simple and accessible. From the concepts, equipment and ingredients needed, to both simple and complex recipes to create interesting and tasty cheeses at home. Blume offers clear instructions, humorous stories, dozens of recipes and troubleshooting tips as well as information on running a small home goat dairy and instructions on making non-dairy cheeses. With a lightly humorous and practical approach, Blume's guide is perfect for anyone who wants to get started and impress with delicious homemade cheese.

K. Ruby Blume is an urban farmer and the founder of the Institute of Urban Homesteading, a school that offers classes on urban sustainability. She is the coauthor ofUrban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living. She lives in Oakland, California.

"a treasure for the knowledge that it imparts, and especially the teachings on why things go wrong and how to fix them." --thenibble.com "Preeminent urban homesteader K. Ruby Blume shows you how to make delicious cheeses in this detailed and carefully illustrated manual. With simple step-by-step instructions, you'll never need to buy cheese again!" --Erik Knutzen, author, "The Urban Homestead" "This guide is all you need to get started making your own delicious fermented milk products at home." --Novella Carpenter, author, "The Essential Urban Farmer" and "Farm City"