Rachel Herz of the Wall Street Journal is writing about disgust, and what triggers it. Cheese tops the charts for Asians:
Most children get their first lessons in disgust around the time that they are potty trained. After that, the triggers of disgust are quickly acquired from the responses and rules of parents, peers and, most importantly, the wider culture. One...
New Zealand nationalists are worried that the country's recent sale of 16 dairy farms to China will open the floodgates to foreign ownership. NPR has the story:
Chinese investors are buying New Zealand farmland for the first time as economic ties with the Asian powerhouse grow ever deeper, sparking considerable anxiety in a country where livelihoods are heavily reliant on agriculture.
New...
The Bovine interviews one of the men behind the raw milk vending machines that have sprung up in Europe over the last year:
The Bovine: Tell me a bit about your business with raw milk dispensing machines.
Konrad: Our company produce raw milk vending machine. Our machines are dedicated for this product in all aspects: milk dispenser,...
Max McCalman's got news for everyone about lactose in cheese. Mainly that most cheeses don't have lactose in them at all:
One of the most frequently-asked questions we receive is which of our cheeses have no lactose. We are happy to reply that all of our cheeses are virtually lactose-free. Having read this, you may wonder how we do that: sell lactose-free cheeses.
The process of cheese making includes three steps that eliminate lactose. Milk that is left out on its...
Madame Fromage has discovered a new stinky cheese called "Handkäse," but she can't tell if it's good or bad...:
Readers, you know how I feel about stinky cheese. I always welcome it into my home. That is why there is a funeral-sized incense burner in my living room. Alas, my last Stinky Cheese Mission went awry, and I am still puzzling over it. Did I eat a bad piece of cheese, or is Handkäse really and truly intolerable?
The tip came from a reader who heard about...
Australia's branch of the international guild of cheesemakers just celebrated their launch in Sydney with the induction of storied cheesemonger and founder of the eponymous chain of specialty stores Simon Johnson. Via the Sydney Morning Herald:
Turn back the culinary clock 25 years and the choice of cheese amounted to cheddar and yet more...
Will Lyons at the Wall Street Journal is bringing the world up to date on wine and cheese pairings. In case you've missed it in the past, white wine and cheese is often, in fact, the way to go:
White wine with cheese? What on earth is he proposing now, I hear you cry. Everyone knows not to order red wine with fish or white wine with roast beef, and...
This episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay is all about mac & cheese. We've got southern style mac & cheese (featuring two cheddars, asiago and one pound of Velveeta) pitted against Bobby Flay's mac & cheese (featuring pancetta, cheddar and asiago). Who will come out on top?
Jill at Cheese and Champagne, has made a delicious new discovery in the form of Laurier, from Vermont Butter & Cheese and Artisanal, and she's got some good notes:
I typically don’t buy cheese via mail order since I prefer to support my fabulous local shops, but recently Artisanal Cheese has been running a promotion offering a percentage off your order as a countdown to the Super...
Last week we saw anti-cheese billboards in New York, and this week we're hearing about curbing the promotion of cheese to children in Ireland due to cheese's nutritional value. It's a rough few days for cheese. The Irish Times has the story:
The Department of Agriculture has raised concerns with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) about a proposal to restrict the advertising of...
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