Minnesota Creamery Opens World’s First Creamstillery

Exploring Culture: Challenging Eurocentrism in the Cheese Industry

In culinary school I learned knife skills; I learned the mother sauces and the sauces they spawned. Everything I learned was rooted in classic French style. Everything I was taught had a focus on European standards. But I wanted to cook like my Big Ma—Southern comfort food—biscuits, greens, and grits. I wanted to cook with […]

Cheese Icons to Celebrate this Women’s History Month

This month (and every month) we’re celebrating the women in cheese who produce, sell, serve, and educate about the wedges and wheels we love.

Gifts A Cheese Lover Will Love!

Holidays are here and so is culture's list of gifts for cheese lovers. So go and indulge yourself!

Is shredded cheese safe to eat?

Why pre-shredded cheese has sawdust in it (sort of) Let’s set the scene: You shoot a text to the group chat. Taco Night? An irresistible proposition. Before anyone responds, you are already driving to the grocery store to buy tortillas, ground meat, and…shredded cheese. You know it’s probably not the highest quality cheese. But, it’s […]

Minnesota Creamery Opens World’s First Creamstillery

Redhead Creamery Spirits utilizes a still that saves energy by reusing heat through four separate heat exchangers – much more efficient in time and energy than most craft stills, but able to bring the same craft taste and care for the soft whey flavor.  At culture, we have covered some interesting things. We have explored […]

Teamwork Makes the Cheese Work

An exploration of how collaborative mindsets progress the dairy industry

The Best American Cheese is From Canada

The top 10 American cheeses are announced!

Five Sandwiches (and Flatbreads) and Five Soups to Make All Summer

Sandwiches and soup are like bread and butter, except the bread is packed with fresh, savory-goodness and the butter bougiefied. Feel free to mix and match these sandwich/soup combos for a fresh upgrade to your summer routine. Marinated Vegetable and Asiago Sandwich The four musketeers—marinated zucchini, asiago, roasted red peppers, and baby arugula—unite inside two […]

7 Reasons Why Cottage Cheese Should Be On Your Grocery List (plus culture’s favorite brands)

Roman Empire epicure Marcus Gavius Apicius once noted the harmonious pairing of honey and cottage cheese, and even its use as an early rendition of cheesecake. A couple thousand years later, the seventies proved to be PR disaster cottage cheese. Low-fat diet fads unfairly claimed cottage cheese as its own. Fading was the archaic mystique […]

Like K-pop? Try K-Cheese

Yes, Korea has a cheese scene.  Last week I found myself wandering the streets of Hongdae, a popular commercial district packed with people my age (twenty-something-year-olds). Restaurants in this area serve traditional Korean street food with an unexpected twist: cheese. Spicy dishes, like tteokbokki (spciy simmered rice cakes) or dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken), are often […]

Cheese Pairings We’re Obsessed With This Summer

The cheese accompaniments we're loving this summer

How to Make Cheese Manakeesh

Recipe and photography by Wafa Shami When Wafa Shami reminisces on her early memories of Akkawi, she’s met with a vivid scene of her parents boiling goat’s milk and gently straining soft curds in her Ramallah, Palestine, home. “The aroma filled the entire house,” she says, remembering the final step of preserving the cheese in […]

Cheese Shop Owners Share Their Favorite Pairings

And dish on what it takes to be a leader in the industry Johnston Hill Creamery 707 N Lamar Blvd., Oxford, Mississippi Owner: Kelly Jeffus Before Kelly Jeffus opened Johnston Hill Creamery, an artisanal cheese shop in Oxford, Mississippi, she spent several years experimenting with cheesemaking in her basement. Guided by the wisdom she absorbed […]

Meet The Man Behind The Inn at Little Washington’s Viral Cow Cheese Cart

A Q & A with Cameron Smith, the Maítre du Fromage at the Inn at Little Washington

Where to Eat Cheese in Buffalo, New York

Where to find cheese in Buffalo during this year's American Cheese Society annual conference.