Nicknames can be tricky things when they are bestowed upon you, especially if they catch on quickly and are not easily shed. But for Diana Brier of Las Vegas’s Valley Cheese & Wine, when a former employer referred to her as the “Wonder Woman of Cheese,” it made perfect
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3 Highlights from Ostfestivalen: My Favorite Swedish Cheese Festival

It’s my belief that the world’s best cheeses come from Sweden. It’s a bold claim, but it’s one I’ll stand by because proof is yours for the taking every February, when cheese producers from all over the country descend upon Stockholm for three days of tasting and triumph.
This year,
Get to Know the Great Cheesemakers of the South: Sequatchie Cove Creamery
Editor’s note: We first learned about Sequatchie Cove Creamery in a story about the Great Cheeses and Cheesemakers of the South. Today contributor Amy Beth Wright shares an interview with the cheesemakers.

In the past two years, Nathan and Padgett Arnold, founders of Sequatchie Cove Creamery in southeast Tennessee,
How Nathalie Baer Chan Aced the Cheesemonger Invitational Blind Taste Test
Nathalie Baer Chan has been working as a cheesemonger at Murray’s flagship location just under a year, following a career transition from being an immigration law paralegal. “I felt like I was working against my personality to be good at my job,” she says, “which requires someone to be quite
European Cheesemaking Flourishes at MouCo in Colorado
Cutting curds at MouCo photo credit MouCo
Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains lay one of Colorado’s best-kept secrets: a Bavarian cheesemaker with a passion not only for cheesemaking, but a commitment to community and local non-profits. MouCo, founded in 2001 by Birgit Halbreiter and Robert Poland
Celebrate Passover with a Cheese Board
Passover Cheese Board photo credit Lynda Balslev
If you observe Passover, don’t forget to add a cheese board to your celebratory feast. Passover is the seven-day holiday of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The first night is observed with a family meal or Seder which honors the story of the
Do You Know Which Cheeses Are Vegetarian Friendly?
Editor’s note: Marcella Wright is a cheesemonger, educator, and founder of the Facebook Cheese Study Group. Because she has developed a very comprehensive list of vegetarian suitable cheese, we asked her to explain this category in depth.

In the cheese world, there is still debate as to whether cheese made
Highlights from the 2024 Artisan Cheese Tasting & Marketplace
Ziggy von Frankenberg-Leu of Columbia Cheese and Amy Sherman photo credit Lee Sherman
Volunteers passed out bright orange insulated shopping bags, and glasses of bubbly, and the band played, welcoming the first wave of attendees at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds event center, for the Artisan Cheese Tasting & Marketplace, the
Capriole Goat Cheese Now & Then
Range of Capriole cheeses photo courtesy of Capriole Goat Cheese
Today, locally produced artisan cheeses are a staple widely available at farmers markets, cheese shops, and farm-to-table restaurants as well as many grocery stores. But in 1988, starting an artisan creamery in the United States was an unusual undertaking. “It
5 Gifts That Will Send Your Cheese-Loving Libra Friends To Heaven
There comes a moment in every soul-searching Libra’s life, where they must ask themselves an all-important question: Is this Instagrammable? Scratch that. That is a moment that happens in the life of a Libra daily, possibly hourly. Libras can’t help it, though. Their position as the sole inanimate object of