Cheesy Road Trip: Illinois
The cheeses made here are uniquely Midwestern. That unbroken horizon, the rows and rows of soy and wheat, are a microclimate all their own.
The Trailblazing Woman Who Dreamed of Cheese
Dorothy Demeter was born into the cheese world. After all, her family ran the Illinois-based Kolb-Lena Cheese Company. Born in 1932, Dorothy tended chickens on the farm as a child; she’d visit the plant and watch her father design cheese cutters, until eventually she joined him on his rounds. When Dorothy, an only child, grew […]
Artisanal Alchemy: Jacobs & Brichford and Distinctive, Sustainable Cheese
Culture talks to Matthew Brichford on his approach to curd development and defining his repertoire.
