Press & Reviews - Liz Thorpe

“From industrial to iconoclastic, Liz Thorpe alluringly describes how American cheesemakers reinvented Old World traditions for New World consumption: the good, the bad, and the unpasteurized. The Cheese Chronicles does more than just introduce us to America’s rediscovered culinary frontier – it offers everyone from novice to affineur an informative and unconventional context for what can only be described as a revolution in cheese.”

-Dan Barber, executive chef and co-owner, Blue Hill at Stone Barns

“Liz’s knowledge of cheese has been invaluable to us at The French Laundry and Per Se. Whether working with our chefs or teaching classes to our staff, her passion is contagious and has helped us to elevate our cheese program through the years. I am pleased to know that through her book The Cheese Chronicles, others can now benefit from her expertise.”

-Thomas Keller, chef, The French Laundry

“Liz Thorpe has written a book about American cheese, and it is the best book about cheese you’ll ever read…to the reader who wishes to truly grasp and be exhilarated by the infinite connections between lyric beauty, the beast, the sky, the earth, and people, I cannot more fervently recommend these pages.”

-Steven Jenkins, author, The Cheese Primer

“The chefs already know her—she sold them cheese for years when she was still a kid. The mongers know her—she was one of them once. The cheesemakers know her—she knows their work better than anyone else. So read about it here, folks, I give you Liz Thorpe, who will be your very own cheese guide here in America for many years to come.”

-Rob Kaufelt, Proprietor, Murray’s Cheese