Liz Thorpe is a leading cheesemonger and educator. This is her guide for the cheese newbie.

Anne Saxelby discusses everything from cheese basics to putting together a good cheese platter, with a focus on artisan cheeses from sustainable sources.

The Oxford Companion, at over 800 pages, is the ultimate encyclopedia of cheese.

Cheesescience.org is the go-to online resource for credible, accessible cheese science information. Includes blogs and videos.

Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking is often sold as a cheese cookbook, but focuses more heavily on what’s actually happening when you make cheese. Chapter 1 is especially helpful as an overview of the cheesemaking process.

Reinventing the Wheel is a fascinating, opinionated book for those with a deeper interest in cheese microbiology and traditional cheesemaking, encompassing the entire process from pasture to finished product.

An overview of cheesemaking in western Eurasia from the Stone Age domestication of dairy animals to modern times, with a focus on European cheeses.