Kategori: Milk And Diary

In my Taurus roundup, I spoke of the time in a horoscope writer’s life when one must reckon with her own sign as one of great magnitude. Now we come to another crucial moment in a horoscope writer’s life, potentially even more important in its gravitas: that when said writer

For the uninitiated, the Cheesemonger Invitational (CMI) is a semi-annual cheese-mongering competition and cheese tasting spectacle, held in several U.S. cities, dreamt up and hosted by Larkin Cold Storage’s Adam Jay Moskowitz. That is, however, putting it very, very mildly. Cheesemonger Invitational includes education and preliminary competition rounds

The most influential set of immigrants who shaped Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay), the financial capital of India, are the ‘Parsis’. They are Zoroastrians who fled Persia in the 7th century CE to escape religious persecution. The Parsis first landed in Gujarat and then

Tenaya Darlington—better known as Madame Fromage to cheese fans everywhere—is on a mission to make cheese more accessible. Ever since a life-changing moment in a Philadelphia cheese shop in 2009, she’s documented her flavorful journey through the world of cheese—first as an OG food

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