Study Suggestions
Updated September 5, 2018
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1. Follow the ACS Body of Knowledge. That is your Bible. And a new Virtual Library has been added on the ACS site – another terrific tool!!
3. Make flashcards for studying-on-the-go. There are several free websites to assist you.
4. Get into a study group and/or find a study buddy. This will keep you motivated and on top of the monumental amount of knowledge you need to review in anticipation of what will be on the exam. You are invited to join our Facebook study group – open to anyone wanting to expand his/her cheese knowledge.
5. These are the books that I used the most and suggest you read at least once or keep handy for constant and easy-access reference:
- Mastering Cheese by Max McCalman and David Gibbons – many books have been written since but this is still my “Cheese Bible”.
- Cheese and Microbes by Catherine W. Donnelly.
- The Microbiology of Raw Milk – this is a collaboration of many European Cheese Professionals including the Percivals. (not sure you can find this book.)
- Reinventing the Wheel by Bronwen and Francis Percival.
- American Farmstead Cheese by Paul Kindstedt.
- The Science of Cheese by Michael H. Tunick
- The Science of Cheese by Michael H. Tunick
- Cheese Primer by Steve Jenkins
Cheddar by Gordon Edgar- The Oxford Companion to Cheese edited by Catherine Donnelly
- Mastering Basic Cheesemaking by Gianaclis Caldwell
- Cheese and Culture by Paul Kindstedt
- On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee (Chapter 1, particularly)
- The Book of Cheese by Liz Thorpe (My new “go-to” cheese encyclopedia)
- Cheese Slices by Will Studd
- World Cheese Book by Juliet Harbutt
- Cheese Toolkit Website
- The Healthy Cheese Lady
- Janet Fletcher’s Planet Cheese
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