If Michael Spycher, cheesemaker at Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus in Bern, Switzerland, said he felt on top of the world last March, he wouldn’t have been exaggerating. He was. It was March 3, to be specific, […]
A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, a pot of cheese – and thou. A pandemic brings the necessity of isolation, and with it, a great excuse to indulge in the cheesy goodness of […]
Did you know that Gouda is not pronounced Gooda in the Netherlands? The Dutch say Chowda, the ch articulated as the final sound in the Scottish word loch, or the German ich. No matter how […]
Say “Greek cheese” and most people think feta. But the cheese heritage of Greece is ancient, rich, and far more varied. Greeks had been producing and trading many fresh and aged cheese types well before […]
Say the words ‘cheese and crackers’ and fond memories often come to mind. Maybe it’s of one of Grandma’s wooden plates set with bite-sized squares of tooth-picked cheddar, or a baseball size pecan-crusted pimento cheese […]
Holland is a sort of heaven for cheesemaking. The country’s year-round rainfall, relatively temperate climate and lush green grass provides an ideal environment for dairy cows to thrive. In fact, most of the milk goes […]
It happened in a flash—in January this year, MacKenzie Smith, the blogger behind Grilled Cheese Social, posted a video to her TikTok of creamy feta pasta. Finnish blogger Jenni Hayrinen is credited with making the […]
Cheddar, the world’s most widely enjoyed cheese, originates from the tiny village of Cheddar in Somerset, in southwest England. Cheddar’s history dates back to the 12th Century. According to legend, a milkmaid forgot a pail […]
From pizza to pasta to tiramisu, Americans have a deep appreciation of Italy’s cuisine. After all, what’s not to love? That love, of course, includes cheese. Italy is home to more than 400 different varieties, […]
Cheese lovers around the world extol French Comté, Swiss Gruyère and Italian Fontina Val D’Aosta, yet just across the border in Austria, the cheesemaking tradition remains relatively unknown. High-quality cheese has been made in Austria […]
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