What’s the Deal with Raw Cheese, Anyway?
A woman came into my shop recently searching for “raw cheeses.” She didn’t care what kinds they were, so long
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Rivers Edge in the House
You know it’s a good day when a Rivers Edge Chèvre shipment arrives. True Love, Up in Smoke, Peony, Sunset
Spring Cheeses: What They Are and Why You Should be Eating Them Now
I’ve written briefly in the past about summer- and winter-milk cheeses—wherein two wheels of the same type of cheese will
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How to Really Taste Cheese (and Other Foods)
More than a week has passed quietly on The PhCheese blog. Why? Because the cheese doc has been dealing with
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Cookie Butter: A Sweet Pairing for Spring
A few weeks ago, I was kneeling on the floor, stocking 22-pound wheels of gouda into the depths of my
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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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
Everything You Didn’t Realize You Needed to Know About Irish Cheeses
Somebody (my mom) asked me last week if I was going to write any posts about Irish cheeses leading up
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Upcoming: Three Days of Cheese!
There’s this wonderful thing in the Bay Area called The Cheese School of San Francisco. They offer classes and tastings
What Makes a Cheddar Cheddar?
I’ve been writing a fair amount about cheddars on here over the past few weeks. It’s a category of cheese
Is My Cheese Still Good?
My parents are pretty lucky; they have a personal cheese specialist they can just dial up whenever they have questions
Cutting the (Night) Cheese
Cutting into a clothbound cheddar is easier when it only weighs 10 or 20 pounds, as opposed to 90. This
Happy Friday!
Nothing says adult relaxation like cheese, beer, and Legos, right? I’m so stoked to have this wheel of Winnemere from
Five Things that are Better with Cheddar
Cheddar has myriad uses in everyday American cooking. That’s a no-brainer. Why wouldn’t you put cheddar into the 1,0001 things
The PhCheese is Baaaaaaaaaack
The PhCheese hasn’t been online much for the past few days, but with good cause. I started a new job