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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

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

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

Cheese rolling may conjure cheese curds gently gathered by an artisanal cheese maker. In fact, it is neither gentle nor artisanal. Cheese rolling involves sending a wheel of cheese rolling down Gloucestershire’s dizzyingly steep Cooper’s Hill. Then contestants run after it. Catching the cheese,

Between 2003 and 2020, the number of dairy farms operating in the United States has decreased by 55%.  In 2020 alone, over 2,500 dairies (7% of all US dairy farms) shuttered, many of which were small farms that had been family-owned for generations.

Small dairy farms face myriad challenges. The

John Reese, who founded Granville, Ohio-based Black Radish Creamery with his wife Anne, started his cheesemaking journey after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America.  “It was the culmination of everything I had done up to that point,” he says. “When

Few cheeses fit the prototype of “Swiss cheese” in a broad sense — those with large, telltale “eyes” or holes, which are formed as a result of carbon dioxide bubbles released during aging — and Appenzeller is definitely one of them. 

Swiss But Not Alpine

Cheese lovers know that port is traditional (and magical) with Stilton. Blue cheese in general loves port, in fact. Spicy, salty, savory blue becomes balanced and almost demure when you add a beverage with layers of fruit and nut character.

That said, the port is all too often made

For fromageophiles like us, the twinkling star of Bethlehem is our signal to celebrate in a milky way. Whether you’re looking to impress a gourmet giftee, come up with an original ho-ho-hostess gift or just treat yourself to some dairy-based self-care, we’ve put together a cheese lovers gift guide that’s

Meredith Dairy, an Australian cheesemaker, is best known in the US for its jars of olive oil-soaked cubes of cheese, a mix of sheep’s and goat’s milk. They’ve won awards for the cheese and sustainable operations including the coveted President’s Medal in 2019 which is an award for food