Scott Edward Anderson for culture: the word on cheese
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Articles written by Scott Edward Anderson

Scott Edward Anderson is an award-winning poet, essayist, and translator. He is the author of Wine-Dark Sea: New & Selected Poems & Translations; Azorean Suite/Suite Açoriana; the Nautilus Book Award–winning Dwelling: An Ecopoem; and two nonfiction books, including Falling Up: A Memoir of Second Chances, which received the Letras Lavadas / P.E.N. Açores Award. Anderson’s journalistic writing has appeared in Berkshire Magazine, Terrain, Lucid News, GreenBiz, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He divides his time between the Berkshires and São Miguel Island in the Azores.

Cheesemaking Tradition Meets Innovation in the Azores


In the Azores, find happy cows and volcanic soils Grazing cows in the countryside of Sao Jorge Island in the Azores. Photo: AdobeStock. Nine windswept volcanic islands sit precariously where the Eurasian, African, and American plates meet. As these plates slowly moved apart over time, rifts formed, creating the volcanoes that shaped each of the […]

Man stands with arms folded with cheese display behind.

Matt Rubiner: An Unconventional Path to Cheese Mastery


  Matt Rubiner’s journey to become one of the most respected cheesemongers in America is anything but traditional. After studying Japanese language and culture in college and working on US government contracts and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rubiner found his true calling in the world of artisanal cheese. Today, he runs the acclaimed […]

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