Cheese Please

The ultimate book for everyone who believes that cheese makes everything better. Whether it's the sharp tang of goat's cheese in a salad, the gooeyness of warm raclette on bread, or the crumbly creaminess of a hunk of cheddar, cheese is a kitchen essential. We all know cheese gives life to toast, is essential showered over pasta, and is the hero of any cheeseboard?but it has so much more to offer. It melts, crisps, crumbles, and stretches, adds depth, texture and even structure to sweet and savory dishes in ways that few ingredients can match. This book is a celebration of what cheese, in all its forms, can do in salads, soups, hearty mains, cakes, cookies and more. It will help readers understand the many varieties of cheese, the best ways to store it, how to swap one for another in recipes, and how to use up scrap ends. A celebration of cheese in every form: Salads, soups, mains, cakes and desserts that show off its full potential Master cooking with cheese: How to melt, crisp, crumble and stretch every kind of cheese plus storage and smart swaps A must-have for cheese lovers everywhere: the perfect gift