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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.

Nino Chiokadze, the chef at Manhattan’s Georgian restaurant Chama Mama, with the spot's signature khachapuri.

More Than Khachapuri: Explore Georgian Cuisine at this NYC Restaurant


If you’re at all tuned into cheese media, you’ve likely encountered mesmerizing images of khachapuri, a traditional Georgian bread bowl baked with a luscious filling of cheese. Dotted with cubes of butter and an egg yolk and mixed tableside to create molten cheese ribbons, khachapuri “puts on its own show,” says Tamara Chubinidze, owner of Manhattan’s Georgian restaurant Chama Mama. “It’s very Instagrammable.”

A pallet of cheese leaves the maturation facility for restaurants and shops around the world at Neal's Yard Dairy.

Arrest Made in Relation to Neal’s Yard Dairy Cheese Heist


The British cheese retailer experienced a loss of 950 cheese wheels, or almost $400,000 of inventory. It’s also asking those in and out of the cheese industry for help. 

Cheese against a cranberry background.

7 Fall-Favorite Cheeses You Need to Try


With autumn comes a shift in seasons and cheeses. Gone are your lavender-infused goudas and rinds dipped in wildflowers—a dip in temperatures means it’s time to dip into smoky blues and pumpkin-spiced logs. Fall for these seven cheeses with harvest time twists. Roth Cheese’s Smoked Moody Blue Blue Cheese If there’s a chill in the […]

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