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
Continue readingHow 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
Continue readingHow to Really Taste Cheese (and Other Foods)
A few weeks ago, I was kneeling on the floor, stocking 22-pound wheels of gouda into the depths of my
This week’s cheese of the week is a special little guy I picked up in California, its native homeland. The
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
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 hasn’t been online much for the past few days, but with good cause. I started a new job
It’s not enough for the French to have 6,000 types of native cheeses. They have to compete with the English
We all know what cheddar is; we’ve seen it, we’ve eaten it, we (most of us) like it. But while
Let me tell you something about my current Cheese of the Week, Vermont Creamery’s Coupole. This petite little brain of
Milk is milk, is milk, right? Well, no. All milk serves the same basic purpose of nourishing a mammal’s young,
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, I am crazy about cheese, And I guess I love you, too. Today
Not only do my co-mongers like to say that Sunday is the best day of the week—because it’s Sunday Pun-day,
There are a lot of cheeses we can’t get in the US, thanks to the FDA’s strict rules on importing
Continue readingThe French Like Reblochon, But the FDA Prefers Préféré
Make no mistake: when I’m talking about “pepper pairings,” I mean hot peppers, chile peppers, spicy peppers! Whatever format they
Continue readingThree Reasons Why Pepper Pairings are the Hottest
Cover image courtesy of Olympia Provisions. The other cheesemongers in my life like to say that “Sunday is the best