Articles written by Alana Pedalino
Alana Pedalino serves as Managing Editor of culture. Her work has been featured in Bon Appétit, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and more. She loves to write, cook, and kayak. Find her bylines at alanapedalino.com.
Spicing Up Wisconsin: Huma Siddiqui of White Jasmine Cheese Shares Her Story
South Asian cheese is more than paneer, and Huma Siddiqui is proving it with her cheese company, White Jasmine. Based in Wisconsin, White Jasmine produces a line of goudas with mouthwatering names such as Citrus Ember, Saji BBQ, and Tandoori. All of White Jasmine’s cheeses are infused with Siddiqui’s proprietary imported spice blends, which are available for purchase on White Jasmine’s website.
These Cheese Shop Owners LOVE American Cheese
Cheese shop owners share why you should be stocking your cheese drawer with local and American-made wedges.
If You Love Cheese and Butter, You MUST Visit Little Cloud
Twenty minutes outside of Madison, Wisconsin, lies Paoli: A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it town rooted in the state’s long-standing dairy tradition. From 1888 to 1980, Paoli served as a hub for butter and Swiss cheese production, thanks to a factory perched on the banks of the Sugar River. In 2022, butter production returned. The year prior, a local group of families revitalized and reopened the building, naming it The Seven Acre Dairy Company. Landmark Creamery moved in the following year, breathing new life into the space with its award-winning butter. There’s also a boutique hotel and several eateries on-site, including Little Cloud Restaurant.
Little Cloud’s Café de Paris Compound Butter
The famous butter sauce this recipe is derived from was invented in Switzerland in 1930 at its namesake restaurant—and the 96-year-old classic gets a farm-to-table update at Little Cloud Restaurant in Paoli, Wisconsin. Executive chef Andrew Wilson uses Landmark Creamery butter crafted on-site by founder Anna Landmark. Let it melt on top of a grilled […]
Old Chatham Creamery Discontinues Nancy’s Camembert
In a shift to sheep’s milk products, the triple cream was cut from the creamery’s product lineup. It’s always sad to say goodbye to a beloved cheese. This time, it’s Nancy’s Hudson Valley Camembert by Old Chatham Creamery, as the New York-based cheesemaker focuses on its lineup of sheep’s milk products, says Saxelby Cheesemongers. The […]
Oakfield Artisanal Is Bringing Authentic Mexican Cheese to New York
Backed by 12 generations of dairy farming, the Lamb and Veazey families of Oakfield Artisanal blend deep roots with a forward-thinking vision to craft culturally inspired, premium cheeses. Photos provided by Oakfield Artisanal If you’re lucky, the cheese aisle at your local supermarket offers some variety—American, cheddar, Swiss at least. A bag of store-brand shredded […]
Cheesemonger Gordon Edgar on American Cheese, Co-ops, and the Future of Cheesemaking
Gordon Edgar is many things: the cheese buyer for San Francisco’s Rainbow Grocery Cooperative, one of the most prominent worker-owned grocery stores in the US; the author of several books, including one on cheddar cheese, aptly named Cheddar; and a longtime Californian with a love of punk rock and Teleme, a legendary Bay Area soft-ripened […]
Snack Your Way Through Spring With These New Cheese Accompaniments
Spring has sprung, plus a crop of new cheese accompaniments to set out on your grazing table. So before you throw your next garden party (or host a gathering of one in the backyard), make sure you’ve shopped for these savory and sweet accoutrements first—all can be found at your local grocery store, niche snack store, or cheese shop.
How to Pair Caviar and Cheese
If you ask Kendra Anderson—chef, sommelier, and the CEO behind Caviar Dream—fish roe doesn’t have to be fancy. In fact, it can be the opposite: playful and accessible.
“No one would ever say, ‘I’m not a french fry person,'” says Anderson. “But they do with caviar and it’s because of the messaging that we’ve all been bombarded with: one of extreme elegance, extreme wealth, extreme inaccessibility.”
Her caviar company grew out of her lived experience as a sommelier, which exposed her to traditional caviar preparations on a frequent basis. In 2017, when she opened her first bar—Denver’s Bar Helix—she decided that caviar was the perfect elevated menu item. That is, with Pringles and tater tots, since she was experimenting with featuring high-low pairings without a full kitchen. “[I] enjoy pushing the envelope for people with caviar knowing that most people don’t know that much about it,” she says.
This Cheese Won the World Championship Cheese Contest
And it’s from the Netherlands Image courtesy of Beemster. The 2026 World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison, Wisconsin, crowned its first place winner: Beemster Royaal Grand Cru made by CONO Kaasmakers in Westbeemster, Netherlands. The aged cheese won by .23 points with a score of 98.68, entered in the open class Hard Cheeses category. Beemster […]
