As I discovered during my last library visit, number 637 in the Dewey Decimal System is devoted exclusively to cheesemaking! I was intrigued, so I picked up a very elegant-looking book called The Joy of Cheesemaking: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding, Making, and Eating Fine Cheese. The first aspect of the book I really enjoyed was the elegant, sophisticated feeling it imparted, with both the cover and its description of "classic" cheeses I'd never even heard of. The next thing I wanted to know, as I read impatiently through the introduction, was whether or not I could reasonably expect to make my own cheese. Given enough money to spend on it, with this book I'd say the answer is yes.
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