Category: Milk And Diary

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

Editor’s note: We first encountered Alise Sjostrom and Redhead Creamery in a story about cheesemakers in Minnesota. Today we learn even more about this award-winning creamery and their exciting vision for the future.

Alise Sjostrom grew up on her parents’ dairy

For most people, Sardinia – Italy’s second biggest island after Sicily – largely means wonderful sandy beaches and crystal-clear waters. Yet, the island set in the Western Mediterranean Sea mostly has a wide hilly inland, occasionally interrupted by a few peaks; here,

As cheesemaking transitioned from farmstead dairies and home kitchens to larger commercial production facilities, it went from a predominantly female-led activity to one that was dominated by men. But in the past few decades, women began creating artisan cheese once more, earning attention and accolades often for cheeses that featured

In the wake of beloved cheese personality Anne Saxelby’s untimely death, her husband, Patrick Martins, founder of Heritage Foods USA, knew that something needed to be done to continue her work. “Right away I knew we had to do something to keep her memory alive, keep her active

Thanks in part to people being stuck at home during the pandemic, volume sales of ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails increased by 26.4% in 2020 alone, according to IWSR. Another trend that only amplified during the pandemic was cheeseboards. Already popular on Instagram, cheeseboards created by cheesemakers, cheese shops and cheeseboard

California is the number 1 dairy producing state and Wisconsin is right behind as number 2 so it should come as no surprise that both are celebrating cheese with festivals this fall. This is the inaugural year for Art of Cheese Festival in Wisconsin and the 8th year for California’s

Cheese Shops We Love: Fairfield & Greenwich Cheese Company

Location

2090 Post Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824

Knowledgeable Staff and a Curated Selection of Cheese

Cheesemonger Laura Downey opened Fairfield Cheese Company in 2009 after

Randall Felts of Beautiful Rind dreamed of a sustainable cheese shop that benefited customers, cheesemakers, and, of course, cheesemongers. But he hadn’t expected to open up his own cheese shop or even his own business. 

After falling in love with cheese after working at a farm-to-table California-style restaurant in Birmingham,

Every two years, in mid-September, the small town of Bra, in Northern Italy, trades its habitual tranquility for a festive and tasteful invasion, when for a few days its alleys and squares are filled with people, stalls, and the irresistible smell