iA Field Guide to Cheesei is the ultimate guide to the world of cheese and the only fully illustrated cheese reference. This itour de fromagei begins with a history lesson on the creation of cheese, offers a primer of the many types of milks and categories of cheeses, and then leads readers to an encyclopedic survey of over 400 global cheeses. There are cheeses we all love like feta and fontina, Gouda and mozzarella, Pecorino Romano and ch vre--but also rarities like King River Gold, a washed-rind cheese from Australia Dancing Fern, a raw cow's-milk cheese from Tennessee and Danbo, a semisoft, aged cheese from Denmark. Find cheeses that are best for melting, like hush llsost those that are best served alone, such as bovski sir and those that are the stinkiest, like Allg uer Weisslacker. There are cheeses with natural rinds, floral rinds, and soft rinds curd cheeses spreadable cheeses pressed cheeses whey cheeses fresh cheeses and more A global collection of maps place each cheese to i