Rotary Cheese Grater by Progressive

Food allergies get an understanding appraisal in Howe and Walrod's third picture book starring Horace, Morris and Dolores. The three school-age mice naturally adore cheese: "They ate string cheese and Swiss cheese on Sundays. They ate Muenster with mustard on Mondays." These rituals end when Dolores breaks out in itchy blue spots and starts sneezing. Dr. Ricotta performs a series of tests—accurately pictured in a comic-strip array of shots, urinalysis and eye/ear checks—and pronounces Dolores allergic...

At home, I didn't wave goodbye to anybody. I just left. Without fanfare. I didn't go to school. I didn't call anyone. I thought of Amy but I didn't call her. I woke up this morning and saw an edge of frost framing the window and I thought of my father and I thought of the cabinet downstairs in the den and I lay there, barely breathing, and then I got up and knew where I was going. But I stalled, I delayed. I didn't leave for two hours because I am a coward, really. I am afraid of a thousand things...

Food writer and cheese expert Werlin has been published in Cooking Light, Saveur, and County Living magazines. She is also the author of The New American Cheese, winner of the IACP Award for Best Cookbook with an American Focus in 2000. In this follow-up, she covers both American cheese and American wine producers, showing how cheese and wine are made and including easy-to-use guidelines and charts for wine and cheese pairings, a glossary, and a source guide. There are also 50 hors d'oeuvres recipes...