Via metro.co.uk, the story of John Sears, a retired London engineer, and his persistent failure to clean out his icebox. To wit:
"The cheese was a Christmas present I was given years ago but I missed the use-by date and left it in the fridge. I was making a cheese sauce and didn’t have enough strong cheese so I dug it out. When I opened it I...
If your suffering from a cuteness deficit in your life, then we've found a temporary solution! It's not you, it's brie just posted a roundup of favorite baby animals photos. Mind you these are all dairy animals, which makes it even better:
I woke up inspired this morning to share some favorite photos from dairy farms I visited while traveling for the book. But the photos aren’t of cheese. While taking...
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Cheese Underground is championing a new cheese shop, and it's spunky future owner:
Trying hard not to yawn, and instead thinking this was my requisite "call of the week" from a crazy person with a crazy idea who wanted me to magically help them achieve...
Adam Moscowitz of Larkin Cold Storage has more talents than first meet the eye, one of them being musical. Check out this Cheese's Brothers music video and you'll see what I mean:
Aidan Gardiner of The New York Times has the story on the FDA's effort to shut down the Mexicali Cheese Corporation in Queens, New York, after the company's repeated failure to clean up their operation:
The Food and Drug Administration is trying to shutter permanently a cheese factory in Queens whose owners failed to clean up the plant after a potentially deadly...
Martin at Serious Eats did a great job with this profile of Andante Dairy's Soyoung Scanlan, queen of the cheeses with musical names:
Cheesemaker Soyoung Scanlan isn't just one of the most respected cheesemakers in America. She's become one of the most admired cheesemakers in France, too. Her cheeses are available at many of...
As you may recall, an archaic rule requiring that farmers to respond to milk spills as though they were oil spills surfaced several months ago. The rule has since been disposed of, a fact which President Obama brought up in his State of the Union Address last week. The best part about it was his follow-up spilt milk joke. Check it out:
Although many companies have recently had to downsize or close due to financial problems, one cheese company is planning to expand. Mike North at the Modesto Bee has the story:
Hilmar Cheese Co., a private corporation founded in 1984, plans to add an administration building in a field across August Avenue from its visitor center.
Officials expect the move to...
Avery Aames has just put out her third cheese shop mystery book, and this one's called Clobbered by Camembert. This thrilling tale follows Lost and Fondue and The Long Quiche Goodbye. For those who are unfamiliar, we strongly recommend that you give these books a read:
Charlotte Bessette--proprietor of Fromagerie Bessette, affectionately known in Providence, Ohio, as the Cheese Shop--is busy setting up her tent for the town's Winter Wonderland faire,...
Via the 'pubs, here's a story on a previously-obscure Italian dessert wine that's taken the US by storm, starting with the hip-hop world:
Hip-hop singer Drake, in his song "Do It Now," gives it a shout-out. It's also the wine Kanye West orders for special parties. And it's the wine Real Housewife of Atlanta NeNe Leakes has just started selling under...
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