The All American Cheese and Wine
Book by Laura Werlin
Excellent Book
Theres a certain built-in fear factor to be found at any decent wine shop or
cheese counter. With The All American Cheese and Wine Book Laura
Werlin makes it all go away. This is the author who, with The New
American Cheese, so ably demonstrated the fact that terrific cheeses of
international quality are being made in the US. In this second volume she
shows the reader how it is possible, with a little foreknowledge, to confront
that retail fear and start making exciting choices of wines that will open up
cheeses, and cheeses that will reveal the true nature of wine. You will find
yourself moving gracefully from Oh my God! to What a friend we have in
cheeses! This is a very straightforward book, with chapters that include
All About Cheese, and All About Wine. Here you will find the seven basic
cheeses and how they are made, as well as information on winemaking
and tasting. In Bringing Cheese and Wine Together Werlin gives us her ten
basic guidelines as well as lists and charts that reveal clues for perfect
matchings of wine and cheese. And then the heart of the book, the pairings
of 50 cheese makers and wine makers throughout the US, which displays

a real feel for the passion that underlies these two major product
categories. These profiles are delightfully matched with recipes Werlin files
under Hors dOeuvres, Pizzas, Cheese Plates, Cheese Bar, Picnics, and
Desserts. This is a beautifully designed book with outstanding photography
underscoring all that Laura Werlin has to share. --Schuyler Ingle
Personal Review: The All American Cheese and Wine Book by
Laura Werlin
Once I made the dreadful mistake of, "This wine's good; this cheese is
good, and they'll be good together," and learned that you could ruin a good
cheese and a good wine in the time it takes to gag the cheese down your
throat. This book is clear and methodical in presenting an actual
methodology - not rules - for pairing cheeses and wines. Werlin presents a
wonderful framework to start thinking about how to pair cheeses with
wines, and then gives you her blessing to go forth and experiment. I think
she could make a mint selling poster-sized charts of her suggested
combinations to every liquor store and high-end cheese shop in the
country. The profiles of cheese makers and wineries will make you want to
go on tour of the U.S - and happily, she tells you how to find them (and
their goods). However, the book has wonderful photos and descriptions to
allow nice armchair traveling too.
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