Reviews

American Cheese: An Indulgent Odyssey Through the Artisan Cheese World by Joe Berkowitz

hwintermute's review against another edition

4.0

Interesting & funny, Berkowitz shares all he learns about artisan American cheeses, their history, the & culture of the cheese making community worldwide. I want to try them all.

livelyghost's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

nothingforpomegranted's review against another edition

we enjoyed this while listening to it and appreciated that it didn’t take itself too seriously, but it honestly just wasn’t that interesting

vanillafire's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

spookyoh's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.25

The first half of the book read like an informative stand up comedy routine, but the second half really dragged and focused much more on competition after competition rather than the cheese making process, and got pretty repetitive 

aksmalley's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

4.25

somestuff's review against another edition

3.0

parts actually about cheese were awesome but there was a little too much description of people and cheese influencers in this for me
but still an enjoyable book where you can learn a lot about cheese and cheese contests

but pls talk more about american cheese stockpiling underground and less about adam moskowitz

miguelf's review

4.0

This was an entertaining and sometimes informative take on a person's journey through becoming well versed in a niche field. The humor was appreciated and a breezy listen.

cloudss's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.75

how american artisan cheese has evolved in recent years, told in fun anecdotes of a ‘cheese journey’
details how cheeses receives awards & what a monger is 

merricatct's review against another edition

5.0

I absolutely love cheese, so I was destined to read this book no matter what. At first, I was worried that the author’s quirky banter was going to put me off ... but when he referenced Fraggle Rock a few pages into the book, I knew we’d be fine. And I ended up absolutely loving this! The educational history parts were great, the humor was delightful, and there was genuine emotion in this. The one drawback was reading this during COVID - I kept putting the book down to look up the shops and restaurants mentioned, with the intention of adding them to my never-ending list of Places to Go, but of course that’s not likely to happen anytime soon. During the last year or so I’ve been reading all kinds of books about all kinds of places, real and fictional, but this was the first book that hit me right in the “this pandemic will never end” feels. It will, of course ... I just hope the places mentioned make it through!