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Italian Cheese: A Guide to Its Discovery and Appreciation by Piero Sardo, Angelo Surrusca and Gigi Piumatti and others
Many of the cheeses portrayed in this delightful book?stracciata, giuncata, formaggio di fossa, formaggetta della valle Argentina?are not household names and they probably never will be. They?re a few of the 201 traditional Italian farmhouse cheeses lovingly described in this new book from Slow Food International as a ?contribution to the conservation of a vast heritage of local products, born of Italy's extraordinarily varied landscapes, natural environments, dairy breeds, and cheesemaking techniques.? Starting with illustrated descriptions of traditional and industrial cheesemaking, Slow Food's authors take us through the processes of buying, tasting, and storing cheeses. Dictionaries of tasting terms and the language of cheeses and chees
Paperback, 400 pp, $34.95. Buy
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