As with all the "101" cookbooks by this author, there are some tasty, inventive variations of boxed mac & cheese, but also some that sound less than appealing. But, I wouldn't let that stop you from trying any of them. While cucumbers in combination with mac & cheese doesn't start my mouth to watering, you don't know until you try it, right?
The gourmet cook is not going to buy this book for themselves, but for those on a tight budget, of simple tastes, or just learning to cook for themselves, this book offers some help. It is also an excellent choice as a gift to those newly graduating or venturing out on their own and learning to feed themselves. They might even get creative and come up with the 102nd way to make ... Read More:
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This is the best humor comic I have ever read, laughing out loud through every issue. Milk and Cheese basically hate everything and everyone with the exception of booze drinks, sharp objects, TV, Don Knotts, violence and Threes Company. They do what every person has wanted to do at least once in their lives (or several times a day for some)...maul and eye gouge their way through most segements of the population. Nobody is safe from these dairy products gone bad, they taget everyone from fat people to stand up comedians (with satisfying results)! That being said, keep the kids and the easily offended Sallys away from this one. The book is summed up best in their own words: "We hate what you hate, and we hate you!"
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Although I haven't read this myself, I gave it to my younger brother for his 12th birthday. I still get frequent phone calls from him--he loves it and he keeps finding new recipes he wants to try when I'm back from college over the summer. While I can't say anything about the writing style from experience, this book does go over well as a gift to younger cheese-lovers.
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There are so many interwoven stories in this book its hard to know where to begin. At its heart, this book is about life in small town America, and the people who live there. Margaret Pricketts is a struggling farmer/cheesemaker who has hung her hopes for saving her farm on the election promises of Adams Brooke. When he wins the presidency, she finds herself at the center of a plan to present him with a mammoth cheese, in a re-enactment of a gift given to Thomas Jefferson. Margaret's daughter, Polly, is struggling to come to terms with her parents' divorce, and finds herself falling into the snares of an older man, while Leland Vaughn struggles to come to terms with the consequences of his advice to Manda Frank, who has just given birth to eleven children ... Read More:
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I read a book called: Geronimo Stilton The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid, By Geronimo Stilton. This book is about a mouse that his boss (grandfather) tells him to go to Egypt, interview a professor, try to get some details on his camel dung powered invention. The professor takes him into a pyramid, but he accidentally tripped, and got K.O.'d! What in the ancient Egypt history does he do now? Read to go on!
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While I was lucky enough to live in Berkeley, the Cheeseboard was a legend in every sense of the word. The Cheeseboard is THE place by which I judge all other breads and baked goods. I made the scones and they were declared "f@%*ing amazing" by people who normally eschew "dry, brittle" scones. Next, I made my own sourdough starter and it's awesome. Afraid I'd screw it up, I emailed the coop to see if I could buy some of the Cheeseboard starter the next time I was in town. Their reply: "We offer starter as a neighbor would offer a cup of sugar." This is more than a business, it's a community project. These people are Berkeley at it's best. I never made it back to the Bay Area, but I did start my own as per their directions and it's really, really, really good. ... Read More:
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While I was lucky enough to live in Berkeley, the Cheeseboard was a legend in every sense of the word. The Cheeseboard is THE place by which I judge all other breads and baked goods. I made the scones and they were declared "f@%*ing amazing" by people who normally eschew "dry, brittle" scones. Next, I made my own sourdough starter and it's awesome. Afraid I'd screw it up, I emailed the coop to see if I could buy some of the Cheeseboard starter the next time I was in town. Their reply: "We offer starter as a neighbor would offer a cup of sugar." This is more than a business, it's a community project. These people are Berkeley at it's best. I never made it back to the Bay Area, but I did start my own as per their directions and it's really, really, really good. ... Read More:
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While I was lucky enough to live in Berkeley, the Cheeseboard was a legend in every sense of the word. The Cheeseboard is THE place by which I judge all other breads and baked goods. I made the scones and they were declared "f@%*ing amazing" by people who normally eschew "dry, brittle" scones. Next, I made my own sourdough starter and it's awesome. Afraid I'd screw it up, I emailed the coop to see if I could buy some of the Cheeseboard starter the next time I was in town. Their reply: "We offer starter as a neighbor would offer a cup of sugar." This is more than a business, it's a community project. These people are Berkeley at it's best. I never made it back to the Bay Area, but I did start my own as per their directions and it's really, really, really good. ... Read More:
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Historical fact: On January 1, 1801, Elder John Leland, a Baptist minister, delivered a 1,235-pound wheel of Cheshire cheese to Thomas Jefferson as a gift of gratitude for Jefferson 's support of religious freedom.
Candace Fleming has taken this little-known detail and turned it into a deliciously delightful little "Tale of a Tremendous Cheddar."
In Fleming's story the villagers of Cheshire (makers of mouthwatering cheese) heard news "that threatened to sour their curds forever." President Thomas Jefferson was serving cheese made in Norton, Connecticut ! Not to be outdone, Elder John Leland convinced the residents of Cheshire to put their curds together, along with one day's milking from each of their cows and create a "whopping big cheddar." Read More:
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