The Complete Dairy Foods Cookbook: How to Make Everything from Cheese to Custard in Your Own Kitchen

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Most fans of “The Shipping News” have not read “The Complete Dairy Foods Cookbook.” But it was this 1982 work, co-written by E. Annie Proulx that will teach you about Thomas Jefferson’s inaugural cheese. On a July morning in 1801, the citizens of Cheshire, Massachusetts, pooled their cows’ milk in the town’s cider press, producing a four-foot-wide, 1,235-pound wheel of cheese celebrating the Federalist defeat. That winter, as the cheese made a three-week journey by sleigh to the capital, crowds turned out to see it. The White House served the mammoth cheese, as it came to be known, on New Year’s Day, and for the next couple of years. THE COMPLETE DAIRY FOODS COOKBOOK is stuffed with information such as this along with dairy recipes and instructions on cheese and yogurt making. It also has an interesting section about the history of milk use and production. Check out these wholesome treats to please your family, such as: Fiery Chicken Indienne, Cottage Cheese Cakes, Almond Cream Waffles, Tomato Sherbet Soup, Pineapple Crème Fraiche, Flavored Whipped Creams and Mint Butter. Read more