What Happens at Cheese Camp Doesn’t Stay at Cheese Camp
Yeah, I went there—with the bad “what happens at _______ stays at ________” reference in the title AND to cheese
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Category: Adventures in Cheese
Grand Ewe’s One Tough Gouda
Okay, okay. I’ve definitely gotten the memos from my readership that this blog needs MOAR VIDEOZ. And so I took
Musings on an Intensive Three-Days of Cheese
In a bright, naturally lit room lined with six long black tables and headed by a podium, each of the
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How to Experience the Bay Area Like a Cheesemonger
One whole, free day to spare in San Francisco before our course at The Cheese School began meant that Alicia
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430 Pounds of Cheese
Four-hundred-and-thirty pounds of cheese. Let that number sink in: 4-3-0. It sounds like it could be a metaphor for my
Cutting the (Night) Cheese
Cutting into a clothbound cheddar is easier when it only weighs 10 or 20 pounds, as opposed to 90. This
How to Stretch Mozzarella Curds at Home
If you’ve ever been browsing through a nice selection of cheese and stumbled across a container of stark-white curds simply
Teaching a Baby to Walk–Er, Crack
Cheesemongering isn’t exactly the most common profession. In other words, there aren’t that many of us. It’s an exciting occasion
The Most Dangerous Cheese—But Also the Most Adorable
Let’s talk about one of the cutest little hard cheeses, Mimolette. Its name is adorable. (It’s pronounced “Mee-moh-let.”) It’s a
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Adventures in Home Cheesemaking
Last summer, we put up a display that included some Urban Cheesecraft cheesemaking kits and some books on cheesemaking. I
Cutting the (Blue) Cheese
Last week we talked about Shropshire. I don’t have a video of anyone cutting Shropshire right now, but I do
Shroud of Turin, or Shropshire?
Cheezus smiled on me yesterday… I opened a new wheel of Shropshire from Neal’s Yard, and look what I found!
12 Books to Kickstart Your Weekend Reading Plans
I am often asked what some good books are for people who love cheese and want to know as much
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A Cheesy New Year’s Resolution We Can All Get Behind
New Year’s resolutions are something we either make or make fun of (you know it’s true). I’ve started viewing them
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Night Cheese and Gruyère Castles
Cheesemongers don’t always work around the clock. But when they do, they build castles in the air. Well, sort of.