I bought this book after having purchased starter, lipase and rennet from another cheese supply company. Ricki owns and operates New England Cheesemaking and sells everything one needs to make cheese including starter in pre-measured packets. I was terribly disappointed to find that in her book, every recipe gives the measurement for starter in packets!
I wrote in to her website only to receive no answer. My next step is a phone call. I have the book and unless I find out how much starter is in each package, it's useless.
The recipes look nice, the book is well laid out and easy to understand, but I take issue with her attempting to get me to buy supplies only from her. There is more than one kind of lipase available, ... Read More:
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I see some reviewers who point out that the book is rather short on recipes for butter and yogurt, which merit mentions in the book's title, but only get one short recipe each in the book. This pamphlet is actually made of short excerpts from Ricki Carroll's book "Home Cheese Making". Carroll has one or two additional recipes in her full book for yogurt and butter, but her book is mostly focused on cheese (the words butter and yogurt don't appear anywhere on the front cover of her full book). So, if you're looking for lots of non-cheese dairy recipes, you should get something else.
And, in my opinion, if you're looking to get into making cheeses at home, Carroll's full book is a better deal. Sure, this pamphlet is cheap, but it's also only ... Read More:
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Great book for home cheesemakers. I started out on the internet on Rikki
Carroll's website [...] and learned a lot to start off.The book gives you more detail and lots of recipes to try..Highly Recommended!
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Great book for home cheesemakers. I started out on the internet on Rikki
Carroll's website [...] and learned a lot to start off.The book gives you more detail and lots of recipes to try..Highly Recommended!
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Great book for home cheesemakers. I started out on the internet on Rikki
Carroll's website [...] and learned a lot to start off.The book gives you more detail and lots of recipes to try..Highly Recommended!
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Great book for home cheesemakers. I started out on the internet on Rikki
Carroll's website [...] and learned a lot to start off.The book gives you more detail and lots of recipes to try..Highly Recommended!
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Great book for home cheesemakers. I started out on the internet on Rikki
Carroll's website [...] and learned a lot to start off.The book gives you more detail and lots of recipes to try..Highly Recommended!
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Great book for home cheesemakers. I started out on the internet on Rikki
Carroll's website [...] and learned a lot to start off.The book gives you more detail and lots of recipes to try..Highly Recommended!
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