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product_id: 11519633
title: "Cheese Primer"
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# Cheese Primer

**Price:** ¥5532
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Cheese Primer
- **How much does it cost?** ¥5532 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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- Customers looking for quality international products

## Why This Product

- Free international shipping included
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## Description

Steven Jenkins is our foremost cheese authority--in the words of The New York Times, "a Broadway impresario whose hit is food." Now, after years of importing cheeses, scouring the cheese-producing areas of the world, and setting up cheese counters at gourmet food shops, he's decided to write it all down. Full of passion, knowledge, and an expert's considered opinions the cheese primer tells you everything you need to know about the hundreds of cheeses that have, in the last few years, become available in this country. Region-by-region, he covers all the major cheeses from France, Italy, Switzerland--the top tier of cheese-producing countries--plus the best of Britain, Ireland, Spain, the United States, Austria, Germany, and other countries. Along the way he tells how to pick out a healthy Pont l'Eveque; why to reconsider the noble Fontina for more than just cooking; how to avoid those factory-made chevres; why to seek out the sublime Vacherin Mont d'Or; and how to start exploring--Bleu de Bresse, Cabrales, Crottin de Chavignol, and so on. A complete primer, it includes information on the best ways to store and serve cheese, including which wines to serve alongside them; how to orchestrate a proper cheese course; and the unimportable cheeses to look up when abroad.

Review: Great but a little outdated - As I peruse through the chapters and read the intro, I do realize that the Cheese primer is out dated, there are more well known dairies and local (award winning) cheese makers that are not included in this comprehensive book, but it is a vast resource, a great reference manual for those of us just getting into the industry as fans or retailers.
Review: Item arrived on time and as described - Item arrived on time and as described

## Features

- Great product!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #666,458 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #205 in Cheese & Dairy Cooking #771 in Cooking Encyclopedias #793 in Cooking, Food & Wine Reference (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 209 Reviews |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great but a little outdated
*by L***C on September 1, 2023*

As I peruse through the chapters and read the intro, I do realize that the Cheese primer is out dated, there are more well known dairies and local (award winning) cheese makers that are not included in this comprehensive book, but it is a vast resource, a great reference manual for those of us just getting into the industry as fans or retailers.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Item arrived on time and as described
*by K***R on March 18, 2026*

Item arrived on time and as described

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ holy cow, goat, and sheep!
*by C***D on February 27, 2008*

Working in the specialty department of whole foods market, and having tasted my way through a hundred cheeses, i needed to know more! this book is great-- more about cheese than you would ever want or need to know. I picked this book because it is the reference book we use at work, and it explained way more different cheeses than any 5 books combined. the author is very opinionated--i dont agree with some of his blacklisted cheeses, but he is passionate about cheese. and cheese is an honorable thing to be passionate about. great book! and the wine pairings are very helpful--

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*Last updated: 2026-05-16*