Nicasio Valley Formagella: A blend of Swiss tradition and California innovation
Photographed by Nina Gallant styled by Madison Trapkin Step outside, bask in the summer heat, pop a bottle of bubbly, and slice into a supple wheel of Nicasio Valley Cheese Company Formagella coupled with crackers and juicy stone fruit. We promise you won’t be disappointed. Mild and buttery with notes of toasted cashew and mushroom, […]
Centerfold: Brebirousse d’Argental
Meet Brebirousse d’Argental: With its poofy square shape and pleated tangerine-hued rind, Brebirousse d’Argental is a head turner.
Centerfold: The Finback
When Brian and Jason founded the Mystic Cheese Company in 2011, they knew they wanted their cheese to be delicious, made with high-quality milk, and most importantly, to be fun and approachable.
A Year in Centerfolds: 2022
We’re revisiting our 2022 centerfolds and marveling at the beautiful and delicious cheeses we featured in culture this year.
Centerfold: Blu di Bufala
Photographed by Nina Gallant | Styled by Kendra Smith Water buffalo are not an uncommon sight in Southern Italy, where cheesemakers turn their rich milk into mozzarella, ricotta, and other fresh cheeses. In the northern part of the country, however, they are a rarity, and it is rarer, still, to use their milk for aged […]
Centerfold: Rockweed
Photographed by Mallory Scyphers No one was more stunned than Allison Lakin when her cheese, Rockweed, won Best of Class at the 2022 World Championship Cheese Contest (WCCC) in March. Lakin operates a one-woman creamery, Lakin’s Gorges Cheese, on the saltwater farm she owns with her husband in Waldoboro, Maine. She introduced Rockweed in 2019, […]
Year in Centerfolds
2019 was quite the year—especially when it came to our cheese centerfold stars. Reminisce on the four special cheeses that took center stage in our magazines last year.