Just on the heels of the recent goat cheese fire in Norway, a cheese factory southeast of Ottowa burned on February 3, only a few days into Montreal's first-ever Poutine Week. The St. Albert Cheese Factory was a 118 year old dairy cooperative and one of Canada's largest producers of cheese curds. Fortunately, St. Albert has plans to rebuild, and in the meantime, other companies are stepping in to produce the cheese curds for Poutine Week.
Poutine is a traditional...
Mixed milks (both cow and goat) keep time together in Metronome, an enigmatic new offering from Petaluma's Andante Dairy.. Though presented in the pyramid shape traditionally reserved for French goat cheeses, Metronome invites us to leave all expectations behind, making way for an experience of subtle flavors, velvety texture and lots of personality: music to our mouths!
An enticing blend of cow and goat's milk, Metronome...
The week's half over, but we've got a bit of Hump Day fun to carry you through until the weekend: check out this silly video, courtesy of The Huffington Post. Looks like this cat's getting the ride of his life!...
Inspired by Edvard Munch's The Scream, Norway Tourism is attempting to create the world's longest virtual scream-- and offering a free trip to Norway, and a chance to win up to $5,000, to their winners. One thing they didn't anticipate? That their first daily winner would be a sheep!
SYDNEY: A sheep was the winner of Norway Tourism's offer to win a free trip to the country. The competition was inspired by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's portrait The...
Meet the new owner and cheesemaker at this award-winnig creamery, and welcome some of the new cheeses the dairy is churning out, including hard goat- and cow-milk cheeses!
Since early January, Lake Erie Creamery has been under the new management of Brian Moran. The award-winning Cleveland-based artisinal creamery was started in 2006 by the husband and wife team of Jerry Onken and Mariann Janosko, who will stay on in advisory roles, says Moran.
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Lady Gaga's ex-personal assistant reveals the musician's favorite cheese plate. And don't worry, wine choices are included.
Among the countless other food and drink items originally requested by her PA, was a cheese plate showing the First Lady of Ga to be a woman of sophistication and wide-ranging tastes. But don't take our word for it, see for yourself, as we finally reveal Lady Gaga's four favourite types of cheese.
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If you haven't experienced the glory of warm, spreadable, tangy, salty Feta yet, you are seriously missing out. Take the plunge with this recipe, which even includes a luxurious fig-thyme compote that will have your party guests (or just you...) scarfing up every last bite.
Roast a block of feta and the first time you taste it, you'll wonder, Why did I waste so much of my life eating baked brie? Spreadably soft, with a tangy, salty, rich flavor, baked feta is easy to make...
It's not quite the season for fresh caprese salad, but several New Jersey specialty foods shops are now offering year-round mozzarella-making classes -- well before the tomatoes are ripe on the vine. Olsson's Fine Foods in Princeton, Cherry Grove Farm in Lawrenceville, and The Grape Escape in South Brunswick are just three of many who have made it...
Earlier this week, we asked our Facebook fans to vote on their favorite comfort food: grilled cheese vs. mac-n-cheese! Lucky for us, we've found carbohydrate heaven to help us have our, erm, cheese... and eat it too! NPR's The Salt introduces us to "The Mac" from Cheesie's, in Chicago, bringing together the best of...
We may have been on a bit of a bacon-and-cheese kick lately, but they're just so darn good together! This time: bacon and blue cheese as a savory cheesecake. Sounds delectable, no?
The recipe for these savory cheesecakes came from Linda Ellerbee's book Take Big Bites (Putnam, 2005); she adapted it from a recipe given to her by the chef at the George Hotel in Wallingford, England.
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