A Vermont Legacy Continued in Curd
Award-winning cheeses are the key to continuity at Von Trapp Farmstead in Vermont.
On the Trail of Artisan Cheese in the Hudson Valley
A memorable long weekend meandering between four exceptional New York cheese producers.
Centuries of Cheesemaking Traditions on Naxos
From shepherding to production, Arseniko Naxou PDO and other island cheeses are made by hand Photographed by Margarita Gokun Silver Ask Greeks about their country’s cheesemaking history and they might refer you to Homer’s Odyssey, in which the mention of cheese involves a shepherd, a Cyclops cheesemaker, and a cave with curd made from sheep’s […]
Voicings: Glen Harrell
Glenn Harrell is the third owner of Say Cheese, a cheese shop in Los Angeles’s Silver Lake neighborhood that celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. The business has been in Harrell’s hands since 1999 and he likes to call himself the longest-running fool of its three owners, though this bit belies his deep love of […]
Travel Advisory
Di Dove Sei Originaria? As a Black woman navigating a very…homogenized industry, I must be aware that there are many places where my Blackness isn’t appreciated. I’m intentional in my travels, research potential accommodations, and take care of which neighborhoods I visit. I don’t like surprises, and since I often travel alone or am the […]
Queen Bee Porcini
Beehive Cheese makes a royal splash with its latest creation The same year Queen Bee Porcini hit the market, it won Super Gold at the 2021 World Cheese awards. It was the highest award given to an American cheese producer at the event and the highest honor won by Utah’s Beehive Cheese—no stranger to winning […]
Voicings: Perrystead Dairy’s Yoav Perry
The model for Yoav Perry’s urban cheesemaking project was simple: bring excellent milk from the country to the consumers, distributors, and restaurants in the Philadelphia, paying farmers top dollar while saving them the added risk and expense of cheesemaking.
Cows and Carbon: How a Pinch of Seaweed a Day could Keep the Methane Away
Cows enjoying seaweed feed at Straus Dairy Farms Cows produce a ton of methane, a fact that weighs heavy on the dairy industry’s tortured brow. The greenhouse gas is the second largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide, and cows can’t help but release a huge percentage of the global output. Farmers have gotten […]
Martha Vineyard’s The Grey Barn and Farm
Dairy cows graze at The Grey Barn and Farm Photographed by Molly Glasgow When Molly and Eric Glasgow bought the 100-acre farm now known as The Grey Barn and Farm in Chilmark, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, they knew almost nothing about farming. The couple had been living in London, where Eric was […]
Changing Times for Britain’s Beloved Halloumi
Halloumi, though synonymous with Cyprus, is—depending on which survey you consult— about as popular in the British Isles as its own darling cheddar, and even more so than Stilton.
