It’s tough to beat great cheese served simply with bread, crackers and accoutrements like seasonal fruit and nuts. But it’s worth going out of your way to enjoy cheese-forward dishes from chefs who do more than just serve Caprese in summer or plop burrata on a plate with some pesto.
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How Käse Cheese Shop is Leading the Way for Artisanal Cheese in Chennai
Editor’s note: In a story about cheese in India Käse got a brief mention. Today we are happy to focus solely on this cheese shop and learn much more about it.
Award-winning lavender infused Cheddar photo credit Käse
The hot and humid Chennai, an Indian coastal city, doesn’t look like
Why My Vermont Table Author Gesine Bullock-Prado is Big on Cheese

Pastry chef and cookbook author Gesine Bullock-Prado fell in love with Vermont at first sight. She was born in Washington DC and grew up between DC and Germany – she has family in Bavaria. But during her first trip to Vermont, after a football game with her husband in New
What’s Better: Cottage Cheese or Farmers Cheese?

Cottage cheese is having a moment and has been seeing double-digit growth since 2023. Farmers’ cheese may be next dairy darling. At the grocery store, packages of cottage cheese often share a shelf with containers of farmers (also labeled farmer cheese). Sometimes but not always interchangeable, these cheeses share a
These Cheeses Have the Wackiest Names

Screamer, or Stinking Bishop aren’t rock bands or circus acts—they’re cheeses
From the delightfully absurd to the downright curious, some cheese names are proof that cheesemakers don’t take their products too seriously. Whether you’re a cheese lover or just here for the laughs, we’ve compiled some of the wildest-named cheeses
Cheese Shops We Love: Mongers’ Provisions
Locations
3127 12 Mile Rd
Berkley, MI 48072
4240 Cass Avenue, #111
Detroit, MI 48201
Finding Love & Cheese

“I saw that love came out of the kitchen,” recalls Mongers’ Provisions co-owner and Michigan native Zach Berg, “and I really wanted to be a part of that,” he says, recognizing
The Best Cheese Dips for Game Day

Cheese dips offer something for everyone to enjoy on game day. Surprise your guests with a pot of fondue designed for sharing, or try your hand at a regional specialty like pimento cheese or spicy, cheese-and-sausage choriqueso. If you’re tailgating or traveling to watch the game, opt for an easy-to-transport
Why is Cheese So Expensive?
Rogue River Blue photo courtesy Rogue Creamery
Editor’s note: I’ll admit it, my budget for cheese has increased dramatically since 2020 when the Cheese Professor launched. Have I purchased Rogue River Blue for $50 a pound? I have. And I don’t regret it one bit. But it’s worth taking a
Orange You Glad You Discovered the Washed Rind Cheeses of Northern California?
The bucolic coastal and agricultural counties just north of San Francisco have long been an epicenter of artisanal cheese in America. In fact, I grew up in the suburbs of San Francisco, less than 25 miles away from the oldest cheese company in the US. Located in Petaluma on the
What Is Kentucky Beer Cheese & Why Is It So Popular?

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking that beer and cheese would make the perfect combination, you’d be at home in central Kentucky. For that is the home of beer cheese. Almost every local diner, bar, and restaurant will have some version of it. But what is beer cheese? It is

