CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

A NOTE ABOUT THE RECIPES

EQUIPMENT AND INGREDIENTS

THE RULES OF THERE ARE NO RULES

The Five Categories of Cheese

Husk Cherry Compote

Spring Pea and Sweet Onion Purée

Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

Spiced Pear Cider Reduction

Herbes de Provence Caramel Corn

Get to Know Your Cheesemonger

Fried Pepitas

Lovely Lemon Saffron Marshmallows

Chipotle Cumin Mustard

The Four Main Milks

Passionfruit Basil-Seed Curd

Coconut Macaroons

Herb-Butter Poached Potatoes

Smoky Pickled Okra

Lactose Intolerance, Dairy Allergies, and Pregnancy

Summer Peach Compote

Parsnip Purée

Coffee Cajeta

Balsamic Rosemary Cherry Mustard

Rosemary Pine Nuts

How Cheese Is Made

Deviled-Egg Cream

Maple Roasted Apples

Tomato Caraway Chutney

Laced Balsamic Reduction

Affinage

Blackberry Honey

Brown Sugar Fudge

Red Wine Shallots

Accompaniments

Cardamom Poached Butternut Squash

Bourbon Walnuts

Dilly Carrots

Roasted Cipollini Onions

Savory Cherry Chutney

A Brief Diatribe on Crackers and Bread

Buttered Pecans

Stewed Strawberries

Smoky Honey Mustard

Pickled Fennel

Kiwi Mostarda

Seasonality

Rosé Rhubarb

Rosemary Rhubarb Jelly

Pink-Pepper Pickled Rhubarb

The Benefits and Challenges of Cheese as a Living Thing

Baba Ghanoush

Sweet and Sour Lotus Root

Honeycomb

Regionality

Spiced Carrot Chutney

Sweet and Spicy Red Pepper Jelly

Bacon Molasses Mustard

Lemon Roasted Asparagus

Beverages

Carrot Cumin Purée

Blood Orange Fennel Chip

Anise Meringue

Mushroom Duxelles

Toasted Walnut Pesto

The Occasion

Salted Chocolate Graham Cracker

Focus and Balance

Fava Bean Pesto

Spicy Curry Cashew Brittle

Shiitake Salad

Coconut Pineapple Cajeta

Sweet Balsamic Pickled Figs

Presentation

Castelvetrano Olive Lemon Tapenade

Kale Pesto

Sweet and Sour Pineapple

Golden Cauliflower Purée

Green Tea White Chocolate Fudge

How to Wrap and Store Cheese

Tomato Confit

Bacon Love

Orange Confit

Creamed Corn

Sweet and Spicy Apple Chutney

Let’s Eat!

Lush Leeks

Brandy Poached Pears

Pineapple Mostarda

Broccoli Anchovy Purée

Sweet Pickled Concord Grapes

CHEESE CUTTING GUIDE

CHEESE PAIRING GUIDE

CONDIMENT PAIRING GUIDE

INDEX