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James Beard Award–winning journalist Janet Fletcher is the author of Cheese & Wine, Cheese & Beer, The Cheese Course, and Planet Cheese, a weekly blog devoted to everything cheese. Visit janetfletcher.com to sign up for Planet Cheese and view Janet’s current schedule of cheese appreciation classes around California's Bay Area.
Planet Cheese: Risk-Taking Rancher Reaps Rewards
An economics graduate, Jack Rudolph opted for making cheese at home and revived his grandfather’s 750-acre cattle ranch.
Planet Cheese: Flower Power
Cloaked in dried mountain herbs and flowers, this new avatar of Austrian cow’s milk cheese, now called Alp Blossom, is a big hit
Planet Cheese: Waiting for Ripe
Flora, the newbie, joins the other distinguished goat cheeses from Capriole, Judy Schad’s pioneering Indiana creamery.
Planet Cheese: Lightning Strikes Twice
Tarentaise Reserve, a raw cow’s milk cheese from Vermont, strikes gold for the second time at American Cheese Society awards conference
Planet Cheese: How Do They Do That?
A look at Château Heitenried, the latest offering from Swiss affineur Lustenberger and Dürst
Planet Cheese: Everything but the Bagel
If you like everything bagels, you’ll love this recipe for an everything bagel-seasoned cheese spread
Planet Cheese: Life Lessons from a Cheese School
Kiri Fisher talks about the Cheese School of San Francisco, her start in cheese, and her latest venture, Fisher’s Cheese & Wine
Planet Cheese: Scooped Again
Love vanilla ice cream? Then try this recipe featuring a whole-milk ricotta base
Planet Cheese: I’d Say They Nailed It
Von Trapp Farmstead is spreading the love by bringing its formerly Northeast-exclusive Mt. Alice to the West Coast
