The 2024 Hot List: Holly Aker
This story is part of culture’s 2024 Hot List. Click here to learn more about the selection process and to see the entire list of recipients. Photo Credit: Elizabeth Johnson at Harbor Light Studio Holly Aker Founder, Local Goods GatheredPortland, Maine Holly Aker credits her mother for never knowing a day without cheese. Aker founded […]
The 2024 Hot List: Carmen Licon
Born and raised in Chihuahua, Mexico, Carmen Licon grew up surrounded by high-quality, authentic dairy products, which sparked her lifelong passion.
21 Cheeses Win 2023 Good Food Awards
Meet the cheeses that came out on top at the 2023 Good Food Awards.
Out of Adversity, King Stone Dairy Debuts a Supreme Champion
Forced to pivot during pandemic lockdown, cheesemaker David Jowett created Ashcombe, a British Cheese Awards Supreme Champion.
Best Cheeses 2022: Goat’s Milk
Photo by Nina Gallant | Styled by Kendra Smith ST. GERMAIN (pictured above)Blakesville Creamery | Port Washington, Wisconsin This semi-firm and mild, milky winner is made in a style similar to sheep’s milk, natural rind tommes from the Pyrenees. Only St. Germain hails from one of Wisconsin’s newest creameries. Founded in 2020, Blakesville Creamery makes […]
Best Cheeses 2022: Cow’s Milk
Photo by Nina Gallant | Styled by Kendra Smith WHITNEY (pictured above)Jasper Hill Farm | Greensboro, Vt. Made with the raw milk of Jasper Hill’s grass-fed herd, ACS First Place Best of Show winner Whitney leverages Jura-mountain inspiration into something uniquely Vermont. Its tacky pink exterior contains a pliant, milky white paste redolent of juicy […]
Culture Goes to ‘Cheese Camp’
Education, networking, all-you-can-eat cheese, and more: it’s a curd nerd’s paradise at the ACS Conference.
The Winding Road to Gold at Mondial Du Fromage
World’s Best Cheesemonger Virginie Dubois-Dhorne traded academia for affinage Photographed by Hans Westbeek Dedicating her life to curds was the last thing Virginie Dubois-Dhorne had in mind when her husband asked her to help out at his cheese shop. In fact, when she married Jean-François—a political science graduate turned cheesemonger and affineur—she was in the […]
A Fromage Battle at SIAL Canada
Culture’s Creative Director captures all the action at the 2022 International Cheese Competition, part of SIAL Canada.
The 2022 Good Food Award Winners for Cheese
The winners of the 12th-annual Good Food Awards were announced today, and while we congratulate all the winners, we are especially excited to celebrate those in the cheese category! The awards ceremony will be held on March 4, 2022 in San Francisco. For a list of all the winners, click here. […]
