The Cheese Library
Cheese for Beginners
Begin with the questions that matter to you: what to choose, how to taste it and how to put your impressions into words. Cheese for Beginners brings those first steps together in a reading order you can follow from choosing a cheese to describing what you notice.


Mild or Strong Cheese? Where Beginners Should Start
Pull apart fresh mozzarella and you find soft, elastic layers, with a little milky liquid tucked between them.

How to Taste Cheese: A Step-by-Step Guide
Break a little cheese and bring the freshly exposed centre to your nose.

How to Describe Cheese: Flavour, Aroma and Texture
You take a bite.