Sheridans' Guide to Cheese: A Guide to High-Quality Artisan Farmhouse Cheeses

Sheridans' Guide to Cheese: A Guide to High-Quality Artisan Farmhouse Cheeses

Sheridans' Guide to Cheese: A Guide to High-Quality Artisan Farmhouse Cheeses

Sheridans' Guide to Cheese: A Guide to High-Quality Artisan Farmhouse Cheeses

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Overview

The brothers Kevin and Seamus Sheridan founded Sheridans Cheesemongers in 1995. Today, they are a brand name for cheese in Ireland, Europe, and the United States. Their distinctively branded crackers and biscuits are available at more than seventy retailers, such as Dean & DeLuca, Murray’s, and Zingerman’s. Together, they are a veritable cheese master class: absolutely everything you could possibly want to know about not only the great cheeses of the world but also the fascinating little handcrafted cheeses, those individual masterworks that showcase some cheese maker’s genius, and also the specialty cheeses you may not think of first but may find that you enjoy far more than some of the bigger names.

Sheridans’ Guide to Cheese is a complete guide to cheese for both novice cheese lovers and mature connoisseurs alike. There’s not much Kevin and Seamus have to say on the subject that isn’t worth hearing—or reading—and this compendium is an indispensable handbook on cheese. Inside you’ll find a country-by-country and style-by-style guide to cheeses of the world and heaps of practical advice on selecting, buying, aging, and storing cheese, as well as tasting notes to help you appreciate every kind you try. This is also an invaluable resource for assembling an ideal cheese plate, wine- and flavor-pairing notes, and even, here and there, a few useful recipes (such as a simply perfect risotto, which Seamus was taught in Italy by a parmesan maker).

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781632206312
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 05/03/2016
Pages: 384
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kevin and Seamus Sheridan are the co-owners of Sheridans Cheesemongers, an internationally well-known brand of high-quality Irish cheeses sold in the United States at Whole Foods and Zabar’s. They live in Galway, Ireland.

Catherine Cleary is a journalist and food writer based in Dublin, Ireland.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii

Introduction 1

Part 1 Our History of Cheese 5

The Sheridans Story 7

The World's Oldest Cheese: Digging up the Origins of our dairying culture 29

Hairy Proteins and Lego Blocks: The Science of Cheese 41

Part 2 The Cheeses 61

Fresh Cheeses: From mozzarella to the Loire Chèvres - local or authentic and a livelihood in cheese 63

Bloomy Rinds: From Brie to triple crèmes - raw milk cheese, the Camembert wars and the woman behind the cheese 105

Washed Rinds: From Milleens to Époisses - people, places and the cheese they produce 141

Pressed Uncooked Cheeses: From Cheddar to Gouda - the farm behind the cheese and new traditions 189

Pressed Cooked Cheeses: From Parmigiano to Emmental - the cheese vault and cheese on trial 249

The Blues: From Cashel Blue to Stilton - the family behind the cheese and preparing to feast 303

Afterword: Thoughts from behind the counter 345

Glossary of terms 357

Picture acknowledgements 363

Index 365

About the authors 374

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