Category: Milk And Diary

The moon is made of cheese. It’s a trope that shows up in children’s books, television and other popular media. Wallace and Gromit went up to the moon for cheese in the 1989 film A Grand Day Out . In 2023, one of the villains of

If you live in Wisconsin, you are lucky: you can hardly swing a cheese curd without hitting a cheese festival. Wisconsin’s Art of Cheese Festival is one of the largest cheese gatherings in America annually, with many other regional and specialty cheese fests happening throughout the year. Local cheese

As far as word association goes, one would not necessarily imagine that “cheese” is commonly matched with “healthy.” In fact, in the European Union, there is a move by the regulating body for health and nutrition to mandate a “traffic light” rating system for all retail foods, where traditional

Philadelphians, be forewarned: we are about to go rogue on one of your most beloved culinary traditions, the iconic Philly Cheesesteak sandwich. Now, while I’m certain cheese pros the world over would have many excellent suggestions when it comes to what kind of cheese they’d recommend on a messy, steak-based

Arlington, Virginia’s Arrowine & Cheese has been a standby for D.C.-area cheese lovers for decades, thanks to its extensive selection of imports. The shop is owned by president Doug Rosen, who joined the business as a partner in 1999, and vice-president Shemsedin

While people may be used to cheese in desserts like cheesecake or tiramisu, cheesemakers, chocolatiers and other confectioners are transforming cheese into delicious chocolates and caramels. 

The past decade or so, we’ve seen the popularity of sweet and savory foods in the US

Global representations of Spanish cheeses are so often confined to Manchego. While this acclaimed cheese, in all its magnificent forms, has certainly earned its reputation, there’s much to be discovered outside of the La Mancha region; there’s cheese-filled culture and history in every corner of the peninsula.

Cheesemaking in Spain

Well Done Lácticos creamery is a well-respected cheese producer with Michelin-starred restaurants and turophiles clamoring for its cheese, but it’s also the definition of unassuming. So much so that when Google led me to a home in a small neighborhood outside of Seville, Spain, I called cheesemaker Rodolfo Del Río

Driving through emerald, green pastoral hills of Sonoma County, en route to the newly named Pacheco Family Ranch (aka Achadinha Cheese Company), it’s hard not to be dazzled by bucolic tableaus of grazing cows, red barn and tractor still life’s and wide-open pastures.

Ah, cheese aroma! The butt of jokes and myths, right? But if you spend much time with cheese, you know that aroma is a crucial part of cheese and inextricably linked to cheese flavor. But what is it exactly that makes cheese stink?

The fundamental