☰ menu   

Illustration of a milkmaid or cowgirl with milk pail riding a goat

Confessions of a New Milkmaid

and | December 23, 2012

A farm novice finds trouble and triumph as a student milkmaid in the milking parlor of Sprout Creek Farm

Illustration of a baby playing with blocks that spell out "cheese"

Born to be Wild (About Cheese)

and | October 18, 2011

A teenager on his way to college recounts his early years of cheese discovery and considers what it means to be born to be wild… about cheese

Illustration of a man thinking about a giant cheese

Big Idea: Ruminations on the World’s Largest Cheese

and | August 18, 2011

A cheesemonger recalls his pilgrimage to see the World’s Largest Cheese, a cheddar known as The Golden Giant

Illustration of men at a table for a cheese club

Come Together… with Cheese Clubs

and | December 18, 2010

One writer contemplates cheese clubs and the power of cheese as a social adhesive throughout history

Illustration of an outlaw with a gun toting a wedge of cheese in a sack

Outlaws and Inmates: Tales of Good Cheese Gone Bad

and | March 28, 2010

The dark underbelly of the cheese world is exposed in these true tales of cheese crime

Illustration of cheese coming out of a Chinese takeout container

China’s Cheese Vacancy

and | December 28, 2009

“Made in China” applies to everything but fine cheese… what’s the explanation for this vacancy in the field of Chinese cheese?

Illustration of assorted life within a wedge of cheeses

The Origin of Cheese

and | November 18, 2009

While today the origin of cheese as food is still disputed, in the middle ages (and earlier) some believed that cheese was the stuff of earthly creation

Illustration of a stinky limburger cheese next to a snooty french cheese

The [Stinky] Cheese Stands Alone

and | June 28, 2009

One man’s search for the infamous Limburger cheese yields more than stinky cheese