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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453330203321

Autore

Tunick Michael

Titolo

The science of cheese / / Michael H. Tunick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-19-992231-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

637/.3

Soggetti

Cheesemaking

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

In the beginning: milk -- Curds and whey : cheesemaking -- You're not getting older, you're getting better : aging cheese -- Fresh cheese, acids, and safety -- Whey and pickled cheeses, amino and fatty acids, and salt -- Stretched curd cheese, alcohols, and melting -- Surface mold cheese, sulfur compounds, and the senses -- Smear-ripened cheese, esters, and aroma -- Interior mold cheese, ketones, and strains -- Cheddared cheese, aldehydes, and texture -- Stirred curd cheese, lactones, and feed -- Cheese with eyes, furans, hydrocarbons, and food pairing -- Very hard cheese, terpenes, and terroir -- Process cheese and nutrition -- Analysis and flavor comparisons -- Laws, regulations, and appellations -- Do try this at home -- The cheese stands alone.

Sommario/riassunto

In an engaging tour of the science and history of cheese, Michael Tunick explores the art of cheese making, the science that lies underneath the deliciousness, and the history behind how humanity came up with one of its most varied and versatile of foods. Dr. Tunick spends his everyday deep within the halls of the science of cheese, as a researcher who creates new dairy products, primarily, cheeses. He takes us from the very beginning, some 8000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, and shows us the accidental discovery of cheese when milk separated into curds and whey. This stroke of luck would