The term “whey” may conjure up the nursery rhyme with Little Miss Muffet, but for cheesemakers, dealing with whey is a big part of the job. The Marcoot sisters have created a unique product based on this cheesemaking byproduct.
Read MoreAvoid common mistakes and you will enhance your enjoyment and appreciation of cheese.
Read MoreWatermelon and feta salad is wildly popular. What are the roots of this pairing?
Read MoreA review of the 8 different Italian PDO pecorino cheeses.
Read MoreHow to pair Summer cocktails with cheese including cocktails with rum, gin and more.
Read MoreThree books on the American artisanal cheese movement and industry with lots of profiles of cheesemaker, cheeses and personal stories.
Read MoreHow different cheesemakers are responding to COVID-19 in unique ways.
Read MoreThe petite, puffy balls can contain a variety of cheeses, but the classic one hails from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Minas is renowned for its gastronomy, hospitality, rolling hills, green pastures, and the big farms which produce several handmade cheeses from raw cow’s milk.
Read MoreBursting with umami, an irresistible savory flavor that we all crave, truffles and cheese are a seductive combination of earthy aroma and creamy richness.
Read MoreYou may have seen crème fraîche around. You may have even had it on something like blini or smoked salmon. But, what exactly is it?
Read MoreVictory boxes are here to save the day! An innovative program to support farms and cheesemakers during the COVID-19 crisis.
Read MoreSometimes the simplest things are also the trickiest to get right. With just a few ingredients and no special techniques, anyone can make a grilled cheese sandwich, but not necessarily a great grilled cheese sandwich.
Read MoreMike Geno likes to joke that he lives in a house that cheese built and that he drives a car literally funded by wheels. Painting cheese portraits is his full-time job.
Read MoreWisconsin is known for beer and cheese, and many of the Dairy State’s producers were founded by immigrants. Here are six Wisconsin beers to pair with Wisconsin cheeses—and why.
Read MoreEarlier this year the California Artisan Cheese Guild (CACG) elected Felice Thorpe as their new president. The CACG is a dynamic organization that promotes California artisan cheese through partnerships, outreach and education.
Read MorePaneer is an unsung hero of the cheese world. This fresh, acid-set Indian cheese doesn’t melt and is typically made from buffalo milk or a mix of buffalo and cow’s milk in India, and cow’s milk in the United States. It’s most well known as the protein in saag paneer (a dish you’ll find on almost every Indian restaurant menu), made of creamy spiced greens (often spinach) cooked with fried cubes of paneer, and is often the extent of most people’s paneer knowledge. But one Oakland-based paneer company is trying to change that
Read MoreAs the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, the country watched as food supply chains from flour to milk to meat shuddered and buckled.
Read MoreAlison McQuade didn’t set out to be a chutney maker. Crafting jars of chutney was just a holiday project that took on a life of its own.
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