Category: Milk And Diary

Coming fifty days after Passover, Shavuot – which means “weeks” in Hebrew – commemorates the day God gave the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai. It is thought to originally be an agricultural festival, and while are no specific requirements for celebrating Shavuot — unlike the many required

Catalonia is one of the most diverse cheese regions in all of Spain. With more than 150 known varieties, every nook and cranny of the mountainous countryside has small producers and dairy cooperatives making unique, delicious cheeses.

While Catalonian cheesemaking pre-dates the Middle Ages, most of the

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The Bristol Cheesemonger

Wapping Wharf, Unit 8 Cargo 2 Museum Street

Bristol BS1 6ZA

 

Southwest England: Famous for Cheese

The Bristol Cheesemonger is a specialist cheese shop located on the bustling harbor in Bristol, England. When Oli Smith and his wife Jenny

While most people are most familiar with the cheese due to its reputation for having a strong pungent smell, there’s more to Limburger than just its aroma. According to National Historic Cheesemaking Center, Green County was once

“We knew nothing about making cheese, absolutely nothing,” chuckles Sr Barbara of Our Lady of Angels Monastery, (OLA) reflecting on the order’s decision to produce the two-pound, red wax-covered wheels of Gouda cheese it has been hand-crafting since 1990. “We were

Author/Editor’s note: This is not intended as medical advice. Please do not begin a program such as keto or undertake a significant diet change without consulting your doctor. This is merely intended as an explainer of the ketogenic diet and an analysis of various cheeses and how they fit within

Allow your mind to wander for a moment……A husband and wife team producing farmstead cheeses on an idyllic country farm; contented dairy cattle peacefully grazing away. As cheeses ripen in the caves, breads bake to crusty perfection in a wood fired oven. Now, where do you imagine that this takes

Sicily boasts a rich culinary culture dating back to antiquity. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean, it is surrounded by the Ionian, Tyrrhenian, and Mediterranean seas, resulting in a virtual melting pot of civilizations over the centuries. This cultural diversity, combined with a warm, mild climate and fertile soils,

Editor’s note: When our friends over at Wisconsin Cheese reminded us that October 15th is National Cheese Curd Day we reached out to Emily Paster who is a cookbook author, Midwesterner and devoted fan of cheese curds to share some creative ways to use them.

 

Visitors to Wisconsin may be

Editor’s note: We couldn’t be more pleased to welcome Carlos Yescas as a contributor. Readers will recognize his name from the Oldways Cheese Coalition where he has been a consultant. Among his other notable accomplishments, he is a judge at the World Cheese Awards; a member of the Guilde Internationale