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When presented with the opportunity to write a monthly cheese and horoscope-based column, the first concern was, when to begin? I’d have had to hustle to get it together

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First Came Love

The seeds of Antonelli’s Cheese Shop were planted on John and Kendall Antonelli’s honeymoon, in 2007, while the couple was sitting on the beach. “I just had the perfect wedding, and I have the perfect wife and the perfect dogs

When I worked behind the cheese counter and didn’t know exactly what cheese would make someone happy, a taste of super-aged Gouda almost always did the trick. Those little crystals provide a satisfying crunch, and the caramelized sweetness make this kind of Gouda taste almost like cheese candy. Win! 

Gouda

In my Taurus roundup, I spoke of the time in a horoscope writer’s life when one must reckon with her own sign as one of great magnitude. Now we come to another crucial moment in a horoscope writer’s life, potentially even more important in its gravitas: that when said writer

For the uninitiated, the Cheesemonger Invitational (CMI) is a semi-annual cheese-mongering competition and cheese tasting spectacle, held in several U.S. cities, dreamt up and hosted by Larkin Cold Storage’s Adam Jay Moskowitz. That is, however, putting it very, very mildly. Cheesemonger Invitational includes education and preliminary competition rounds

The most influential set of immigrants who shaped Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay), the financial capital of India, are the ‘Parsis’. They are Zoroastrians who fled Persia in the 7th century CE to escape religious persecution. The Parsis first landed in Gujarat and then

Tenaya Darlington—better known as Madame Fromage to cheese fans everywhere—is on a mission to make cheese more accessible. Ever since a life-changing moment in a Philadelphia cheese shop in 2009, she’s documented her flavorful journey through the world of cheese—first as an OG food

Editor’s note: The cheese business is filled with family run creameries and dairies. Family businesses come with many challenges as well as advantages. In honor of Father’s Day we spoke with father and son at Clock Shadow Creamery to learn some of the ways they make it work. 

Milwaukee-based Cedar