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The World of Mediterranean Cheese 3 Nov 2011 | 07:18 am
Image courtesy of Karoun Cheese Talking about "Mediterranean cheese" as if it's a distinct variety is problematic for two reasons. First of all, almost all of the best cheese-producing countries in t...
Is affinage all hype? 7 Oct 2011 | 04:19 am
“And if my humidity is 35 percent different from yours, my cheese is going to taste just as good as yours. It may have a different color of mold on it, but it’ll taste just as good. And yours is going...
Meet the Curd Nerd: Janet Fletcher 16 Jan 2011 | 04:43 pm
Janet Fletcher is a staff food writer and cheese columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. Recently, Curdnerds.com chatted with her about her love of cheese, as well as a beautiful new iPhone app base...
Comté Calling 23 Dec 2010 | 05:16 am
Comté is hands-down one of my favorite cheeses. It's both nutty and fruity at the same time, and its elastic, semi-firm texture makes it a perfect melting cheese (it's often a key component in a fondu...
Raw-Milk Cheese 101 20 Mar 2009 | 04:21 am
Check out my latest post on Serious Eats regarding raw-milk cheese. It's a debate that doesn't seem to die, so I thought it would be good to lay out the basic issues.
Bush's Legacy 21 Jan 2009 | 04:02 am
Check out my latest post over at Serious Eats, about George W. Bush's latest (and last?) F.U. to the world: increasing tariffs on Roquefort cheese by 300 percent. Get it while you can, the tariff goes...
Inaugural Cheese Plate 17 Jan 2009 | 07:50 am
Check out my "red, white and blue" suggestions for an Inaugural Cheese Plate, which appear today on the new Cheese and Champagne blog.
Announcing Cheese Enthusiast 5 Nov 2008 | 05:47 am
There's a new cheese publication in town, and it's definitely worth checking out. Cheese Enthusiast is a reincarnation of the old newsletter "Home Dairy News," and as such its focus is on hobbyist che...
Quick! Free Tickets to an Irish Cheese Tasting in NYC! 30 Oct 2008 | 05:43 am
The kind folks at Murray’s Cheese are inviting the first 30 of you who R.S.V.P. to the phone number below to an exclusive Irish farmhouse cheese tasting at Ireland House in NYC this Thursday, October ...
Making Cheese at 8000 Feet 24 Aug 2008 | 01:14 pm
Some of the greatest cheeses in the world are made only in the summertime in the gorgeous high elevations of the French and Swiss Alps. Gruyère, Beaufort, Appenzeller, Comté all come to mind. In a pro...
