Celebrating a Century of Cheesemaking with Joe and Joey Widmer
Recently marking their centennial milestone, Widmer’s Cheese Cellars of Wisconsin stands as a testament to resilience, dedication, and the preservation of cheesemaking as a time-honored craft. The family-owned business has produced its renowned Brick cheese using the same methods in the same location since 1922. Founded by Master Cheesemaker Joe Widmer’s grandfather John Widmer, an […]
Reflecting on the Spanish Cheese Scene With Rubén Valbuena
Rubén Valbuena has been disrupting the Spanish cheese industry from just about every angle—ideation, production, sales, service, exports—since the mid-aughts.
Voicings: Affineur Ashley Morton
On her website Brieyonce.com, Ashley Morton describes herself as a “global cheesemonster on the go,” and it’s easy to see why.
Voicings: The Simms Twins Of Lady And Larder
Photo Credit: Jenna Jones It’s hard not to smile around Sarah and Boo Simms. The twin sisters and co-owners of Santa Monica cheese shop Lady and Larder are effervescent, exuding a familiarity that welcomes you like a lifelong friend. With over 70,000 Instagram followers, these two have single-handedly changed the cheese board game with dynamic, […]
Voicings: Mary Quicke
Photo by Matt Austin Here in the States, we speak of third-, fourth-, sometimes even fifth-generation farms. In Devon, England, Mary Quicke runs a 14th generation clothbound cheddar operation, and it would not be a stretch to say that her fate was set by Henry VIII falling in love with Anne Boleyn in 1527. When […]
Voicings: Glen Harrell
Glenn Harrell is the third owner of Say Cheese, a cheese shop in Los Angeles’s Silver Lake neighborhood that celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. The business has been in Harrell’s hands since 1999 and he likes to call himself the longest-running fool of its three owners, though this bit belies his deep love of […]
Voicings: Perrystead Dairy’s Yoav Perry
The model for Yoav Perry’s urban cheesemaking project was simple: bring excellent milk from the country to the consumers, distributors, and restaurants in the Philadelphia, paying farmers top dollar while saving them the added risk and expense of cheesemaking.
Voicings: Jessica Fernandez
Spreading the good word of Latinx cheesemaking in the US is Jessica Fernández, a self-described queer Latin American cheese expert.
Voicings: Ellie and Sam Studd
We spoke with the Studd Siblings, ACS Professionals and International Guilde de Fromagers members, about mentors, raw milk cheese, and industry challenges.
