An attractive bible for everything you need to know about cheese from Erika Kubick, the lauded cheesemonger and creator of the popular blog Cheese Sex Death

Filled with seductive photography and audacious prose, Cheese Sex Death is a delightfully approachable guide to artisan cheese that will make just about anyone worship at the altar of Cheesus.

Cheese Sex Death guides readers to become confident connoisseurs. A preacher of the curd word, Kubick provides the Ten Commandments of Cheese, which breaks down this complex world into simplified bites.

A welcoming sanctuary devoted to making cheese a daily part of life and gatherings, this book explores the many different styles of cheese by type, profiling commonly found and affordable wedges as well as the more rare and refined of rinds.

Kubick offers divine recipes that cover everything from everyday crowd pleasers to festive feasts fit for holidays and gatherings, such as:

• Garlic-Honey Baked Brie with Rosemary
• Sourdough Toast with Mascarpone, Anchovies, Radish, and Pickled Onions
• Monger’s Mac and Cheese
• Dark Chocolate Goat Cheese Truffles

This cheese devotee outlines the perfect cheese plate formula and offers inventive yet easy-to-execute beverage pairings, including wine, beer, spirits, and nonalcoholic drinks. These heavenly spreads and recipes wring maximum indulgence out of minimal effort and expense.