Category: Milk And Diary

The intense, pungent smell arrives first, awakening – or alarming, depending on tastes and sensibilities – the other senses and prefiguring the bold and lasting flavor of the cheese: be it grated on a piping hot soup, a pasta dish, or

Back in April the creamery at Jasper Hill Farm announced that it had released a new cheese based on the tomme cheeses of the French Savoie region. The announcement (and the cheese label) included the suggestion that Caspian might

Parmigiano Reggiano might be the most famous and certainly the most copied and counterfeited cheese from Italy. While you probably know that anything labeled parmesan is not Parmigiano Reggiano, you may not know what makes the real

I’ve been a fan of Hillary Davis since she released her debut cookbook, Cuisine Niçoise: Sun-Kissed Cooking from the French Riviera, and have collected all her subsequent cookbooks. While her earlier works celebrated French cuisine, her latest release, Sauce Up Your Boards (Gibbs Smith, October

Dairy farmers, cheesemakers and cheesemongers are the heroes of the cheese world. Without them, we’d be lost. When it comes to buying cheese, it’s always wise to consult with your local cheesemonger at your favorite cheese shop or cheese counter who will make the best personalized recommendations. But if you

Not every sign comes with intuitive comparisons to cheese. There are signs whose animal glyphs are the top 3 for cheese production, (bless you, Capricorn, Aries, Taurus,) there are signs whose personalities can be unapologetically cheesy, (Pisces, Cancer—you know you love it,) and then there’s…Aquarius. Ascribing cheese gifts for this

Editor’s note: Today we welcome award-winning cheesemonger Julia Gross who shares how she puts together cheese boards. Her steps provide the framework for creating your own plate or board.

If your various social media feed look anything like mine, you are probably

Regenerative agriculture is a system that restores soil and ecosystem health to improve land, water, and help reverse climate change. Dairy farmers Stacy and Virginia Thomas did not even know they had applied regenerative agricultural practices at their Clover Mountain Dairy in Chewelah, Washington until someone pointed it out to

The region of Monte Baldo, named for the highest peak on the east side of Lake Garda, is one of Italy’s most popular destinations for hiking, mountain biking, and scenic lake views. In addition to tourism, Monte Baldo produces Bardolino wines from the nearby foothills as well as alpine cheeses.

Cheese grading, as opposed to cheese grating, is a very specific process used to evaluate cheese. To learn more about it, we spoke with Kate Neumeier Clarke, who is the president and CEO of Wisconsin Aging & Grading (WAG), and a third generation, licensed cheese grader.

Evaluating cheese is the