Food staples such as wine and sugar may come from plants, but what you get at the store isn't always 100% plant-based.

First thing's first: How do you make cheese? Most cheese is made of basically the same thing: Milk, microbial cultures, and rennet. Rennet is an enzyme that helps the milk proteins coagulate ...

and then add mixture to remaining milk. Stir in 1 tablespoon of rennet and water mixture, if you’re using double-strength rennet, or 2 tablespoons mixture if you’re using single-strength rennet.

Strain the curd and then heat in hot water or microwave until the texture becomes stretchy and then knead it until soft. Now ...