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Laura Welin’s All American Cheese and Wine Book Max McCalman's The Cheese Plate

I’ve taken about 12 of them. They’re great. Max McCalman is a great lecturer but all the staff are very passionate. I’ve had many different wine and cheese, beer and cheese and even sake and bourbon with cheese...

Yes, Picholine would be the BEST cheese restaurant, in my opinion. I always think of Picholine and Artisanal together, and I guess I was thinking that BF was trying to avoid Max McCalman in general for some reason. But...

Picholine is the restaurant that put cheese on the NYC map, so to speak, and is, of course, the “mother” restaurant of Artisanal. At Picholine, there’s a specially-built cheese cave, and their world famous...

Like ecustard said, Cheese Primer is seriously outdated, and consequently cheeses listed as “unavailable” are quite available now. I like the 2 Max McCalman books, as they have more contenporary info, and you can tell...

I love Steve Jenkins' book, but check out the following: The Cheese Plate by Max McCalman, and any books by Juliet Harbutt (she has four or five.) I have a vast library of cheese books, which I am willing to share. Cheese is my...

I’ve never been lucky enough to taste Vacherin Mont-d’Or, but a book on French cheese that I like, with wine recommendations by Robert and Isabelle Vifian, suggests either Beaujolais Nouveau, Cotes du Jura, or...

Max Mccalman's The Cheese Plate opened my eyes to this “oh duh” information several years ago and I have had far better cheese ever since: http://www.amazon.com/Cheese-Plate-Max-Mccalman/dp/0609604961 In Europe...

Weinzweig Cheese : A Connoisseur’s Guide to the World’s Best by Max Mccalman Please help me pick!?

My usual guru Max McCalman suggests Beaufort or Gruyere as similar cheeses. But those not be any easier to find. How about mail ordering some Fontina?

, overseen by “fromager” Max McCalman. They’ve got a specially built “cheese cellar” to house their wide-ranging assortment. When you order, they provide you with a brochure that lists all their...

Fairly close by & excellent (though not cheap) are Picholine (35 W 64) — make sure to leave room for the fabulous cheese selection, and try to get Max McCalman (their cheese master) to assist — and Compass (208 W 70).

I share your interest in learning more about cheese. I own the Jenkins book — it’s ok, but it seems a little dated to me. Here are the three books I like: 1)Max McCalman's The Cheese Plate 2)Laura Werlin’s cheese...