Cover -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- WHY CHEESE? -- HOW BIG IS YOUR VAT? -- Go West, Young Cowgirls! -- The Milkshed Cheese Tour -- SAN FRANCISCO EGG CREAM -- COLD-BREWED COFFEE -- COLD-BREWED COFFEE MILK -- SPICED HONEY TEA MILK -- HUCKLEBERRY CREAM SODA -- ICY MINT MILK COOLER -- COMPOUND BUTTER -- YOGURT-PUMPKIN SEED DRESSING -- GREEN GODDESS DRESSING -- YOGURT-DILL DIP -- EARL GREY PANNA COTTA -- The Cheese Course -- ROASTED ALMONDS WITH SMOKY PAPRIKA -- ROASTED FIGS -- SEASONED OLIVES -- ONION-GARLIC CONFIT -- ROASTED PLUM-PORT CHUTNEY -- Fresh Cheeses -- MAKING YOUR OWN FROMAGE BLANC AT HOME -- COTTAGE CHEESE PANCAKES WITH CRÈME FRAÎCHE AND STRAWBERRIES -- CRÈME FRAÎCHE SCONES -- COTTAGE CHEESE DUMPLINGS IN PARMESAN BROTH -- CHILLED SPRING GARLIC AND ASPARAGUS SOUP WITH CRÈME FRAÎCHE AND FRESH RICOTTA -- FROMAGE BLANC SPREADS -- RICOTTA-ASPARAGUS SOUFFLÉ -- LEMON-GINGER CRÈME FRAÎCHE GRANITA -- THE COWGIRLS' INTERPRETATION OF ELLEN STRAUS'S CHEESECAKE -- Soft, Young Aged Cheeses -- TOMATO-WATERMELON PANZANELLA SALAD WITH FETA -- FETA AND CUCUMBER SALAD -- WINTER SALAD GREENS WITH PERSIMMON VINAIGRETTE AND MT TAM -- CAMEMBERT OR BRIE LAYERED WITH TRUFFLES OR WILD MUSHROOMS -- CROOKNECK SQUASH AND CORN SOUP WITH HUMBOLDT FOG -- GOUGÈRES -- Aged Cheeses -- RACLETTE WITH BOILED POTATOES AND QUICK PICKLES -- TOASTED FLATBREAD SANDWICHES, THREE WAYS -- RED HAWK POTATO GRATIN -- PANADE WITH GRUYÈRE AND ONION-GARLIC CONFIT -- MARY LOH'S CHEESE WAFERS -- Grating Cheeses -- CHEESE FRICOS -- WARM SPRING VEGETABLES WITH PECORINO AND ANCHOVIES -- DRY JACK, ARTICHOKE, AND FENNEL SALAD -- CANTINA SALAMI SANDWICH WITH SAUTÉED GREENS AND AGED GOUDA -- PARMESAN-CRUSTED CHICKEN PAILLARD -- THREE-CHEESE LASAGNA WITH MUSHROOMS AND SPINACH -- Blue Cheeses -- FRIED SQUASH BLOSSOMS WITH FILBERTS AND BAYLEY HAZEN BLUE -- SWEET SMOKEY BLUE AND BACON SOUFFLÉ.

BAKED ENDIVE AND PEARS IN BLUE CREAM SAUCE -- BLUE CHEESE FRITTATA WITH YAMS, PANCETTA, AND CHIVES -- NANCY KNICKERBOCKER'S CRUMBLED BLUE CHEESE VINAIGRETTE -- BETTY BARHAM'S CREAMY BLUE CHEESE DRESSING -- BLUE BUTTER ON GRILLED RIB-EYE -- BLUE AND CHEDDAR WAFERS WITH WALNUTS -- The End Bits -- RUSTIC CHEESE AND ONION GALETTES, TWO WAYS -- PENNE WITH GREEN GARLIC FRESH CHEESE SAUCE -- CLASSIC MAC AND CHEESE -- COWGIRLS' VERSION OF THE CLASSIC -- GRUYÈRE WITH CAYENNE, CHOLULA, AND ELBOW MACARONI -- GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES, FOUR WAYS -- SIDEKICK TOMATO SOUP -- PARMESAN BROTH -- Cowgirl Kitchen Techniques -- PREPARING ANCHOVIES -- BLANCHING ASPARAGUS -- MAKING A VINAIGRETTE -- MAKING BREAD CRUMBS -- USING THE WET-HAND/DRY-HAND METHOD OF BREADING -- CLARIFYING BUTTER -- MAKING AND STORING COMPOUND BUTTER -- COOKING WITH EGGS -- ROASTING GARLIC -- PREPARING AN HERB CHIFFONADE -- FORMING A PIPING CONE OUT OF PAPER -- MASTERING BÉCHAMEL -- STEEPING A VANILLA SYRUP -- GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- Y -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- About the Authors.