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Historic Dairy Cooperative Turns into a Boutique Hotel


For tiny Paoli, Wisconsin, the $11.2 million project to transform a historic cooperative dairy into a 21,000-square-foot restaurant, café, eight-room boutique hotel, and creamery, is remarkable for its grand scale. Even more remarkable: Seven Acre Dairy Company co-proprietors Nic Mink and Danika Laine are doing a very brave thing. They’re refusing to serve cheddar. “Our […]

Behind the Label: Caveman Blue


Embracing the local folklore, early 20th century dairy factory Rogue Gold featured a lumbering caveman as their emblem.

Beware Cheese Mistakes!

3 Common Cheese Mistakes and How to Avoid Them


Make your cheese healthier, happier, and tastier by avoiding these simple mistakes.

cheese plate of stinky washed rind cheeses

What’s the Deal with Stinky Cheese?


Experts answer all your burning questions about stinky cheese.

Baked Camembert with Thyme and Honey

The 6 Best Bries for Baking


The oven is calling us like a siren, conjuring visions of comfort food. What better way to cave in than with a warm, gooey baked brie?

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The Best Cheeses to Eat While You Watch the Emmy’s


We’ve got the choice cheeses for every kind of Emmy’s viewer, plus some suggestions to pair with a few of the strongest Emmy contenders.

Our Favorite New Books for Summer 2018


From Dan Branfield’s Pizzapedia Whether you’re dying to start homebrewing so you can pair beer with cheese, or you’re looking for a cheesy coffee table picture book, or you’re hoping for an easy way to bring cheese into the kitchen, check out these new releases this summer: Homebrew World   In his fourth book, culture’s beer columnist Joshua […]

Kaserei Studer's Der Scharfe Maxx

Behind the Label: Der Scharfe Maxx


The label for Der scharfe Maxx was designed to grab your attention—and reflect the flavor of the trailblazing washed-rind cheese inside. Produced at Switzerland’s Käserei Studer, the “Feisty Bull,” as it is often dubbed in the US, was developed by innovative cheesemakers eager to experiment with new products after the 1999 collapse of the Swiss […]

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