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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 […]

Voicings: Anna Juhl


With Cheese Journeys, Anna Juhl creates bespoke cheese-travel experiences.

9 Farmstead Creameries Where You Can Spend the Night


This past week we had the opportunity to tour Tomales Farmstead Creamery as a part of the California Artisan Cheese Festival. We got to cuddle with baby goats, watch a milking, and taste plenty of cheese. We also had the opportunity to peek inside their gorgeous modern farmhouse, which is available to rent on Airbnb […]

Regions to Watch: Austria


If you love cheese, you know the Alps—the 750-mile-long stretch of peaks crosses dairy lodestars like France, Italy, and Switzerland, and it pretty much goes without saying that your local cheese shop carries Alpine greats Comté, fontina, and Gruyère. But until recently, turophiles have been sleeping on the range’s vast eastern half—namely, Austria. Known more […]

A Journey Through Italy’s Northern Cheese Country


As the birthplace of pizza and pesto, Italy lays claim to some of the most well-known food in the world. Just like Italian cuisine, which varies widely from region to region—think spaghetti alle vongole in Naples and spaghetti carbonara in Rome—the same can be said for Italian cheese. There are more than 2,500 traditional kinds […]

Travel Advisory


Di Dove Sei Originaria? As a Black woman navigating a very…homogenized industry, I must be aware that there are many places where my Blackness isn’t appreciated. I’m intentional in my travels, research potential accommodations, and take care of which neighborhoods I visit. I don’t like surprises, and since I often travel alone or am the […]

A Cheese Journey in Spain


Culture editor recounts a whirlwind week in Spain, judging at the World Cheese Awards, visiting six cheesemakers, and making countless memories.

The Cheese Man of Aran


A visit with the man making incredible goat cheese on the edge of the world…

In Queso You Missed It June 24th


Photo Credit @tillamook on Instagram. Well hello there, cheese friends! If you’re like us, you have been shamelessly celebrating the official start to summer with glass upon glass of chilled rosé, a melting wheel of triple-cream brie, and some fresh strawberries too. Keep on riding that sunshine high as you sip your cold brew and […]

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