Don't want to spend $40 on a tofu press? I'll show you how to press your tofu with books and a towel. And yes, you MUST press your tofu :)
Checkout Erin's Method and Experiment over at Olives for Dinner.
If you decide to buy a tofu press, I'm pretty sure you won't regret it. I have 2! I bought my tofu press several years ago from TofuXpess.
Get Some Practice Pressing Tofu
Here are a few of my favorite tofu recipes: