I’ve always had a soft spot for cream cheese—no pun intended, I swear. I love it slathered on a warm sesame bagel, folded into cheesecake batter, blended with caramelized onions for an irresistible ...

If you're ambitious enough to make cheese from scratch, you might initially be daunted by some of the more complicated recipes calling for such esoteric ingredients as rennet and calcium chloride.