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Illustration of a wedding cake made of cheese with bride and groom toppers

Ruminations: Daddy’s Gruyère

| September 21, 2014
This article is from: Autumn 2014

When our associate editor’s dad plays cheesemaker for her wedding… does everything end happily ever after?

Illustration of a cow casting a Swiss-cheese-holed shadow

Ruminations: Meat-Free, Cheese-Centric

| June 20, 2014
This article is from: Summer 2014

A vegetarian diet introduces questions when it comes to dairy. Is cheese vegetarian? It depends on the rennet – and the vegetarian – in question

Illustration of a couple dreamily holding hands in the midst of piles of cheese

Ruminations: A Cheese Love Story

| March 13, 2014
This article is from: Spring 2014

Their paths cross over fondue, but it was the way their relationship broadened over cheese that makes this a true cheese love story

Illustration of a runner crossing the ribbon of a finish line to be awarded a cheese medal

Ruminations: the Great Cheese Marathon

and | December 13, 2013
This article is from: Winter 2013

One cheesemonger explains her experience earning the title of Certified Cheese Professional and the endurance it takes to get from start to finish

Illustration of a figuring walking down a cheese path towards the BRA Cheese festival

Ruminations: Bra Cheese Festival

and | September 12, 2013
This article is from: Fall 2013

A young cheese lover confronts fear and joy while confronting the possibility of a career in cheese at the Slow Food Cheese Festival

Illustration of a teen doing a jump from a skateboarding ramp made of cheese

Ruminations: Matt Rubiner’s Fan Club

and | March 23, 2013
This article is from: Spring 2013

One mom observes her son’s cheese devotion and how it led him to his hero: Cheesemonger Matt Rubiner

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

Ruminations: Confessions of a New Milkmaid

and | December 23, 2012
This article is from: Winter 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"

Ruminations: Born to be Wild (About Cheese)

and | October 18, 2011
This article is from: Fall 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

Ruminations: The World’s Largest Cheese

and | August 18, 2011
This article is from: Summer 2011

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

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