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Title: incomplete info, requires author's ingredients
Review: The general info in the beginning is useful, but the recipes are very much lacking. The specifics of a recipe (such as indirect heating of the milk over a period of time) are not mentioned in the recipe, but must be remembered from the intro sections. Also, the book requires the use ingredients sold only by the author's company. For example, their "fromage blanc" starter isn't just the starter, but also includes rennet, which isn't mentioned anywhere in the recipe. So, if you haven't purchased the "cheesemaking.com" fromage blanc starter, you will be missing a key ingredient and not even know about it.Also, I found the author's website to often contradict her recipes in the book. Following only the book, I've had several failures. Also, there is no helpful information for troubleshooting to figure out where I went wrong.
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