Tasting Tuesday: Widmer’s Cheese Cellars
Each week we taste a sampling of cheeses in our Cambridge office and discuss their flavors, textures, and our general impressions of them. Yum! Wisconsin Mild Brick Cow’s Milk – Wisconsin Kate E. – I’m a Midwest girl, and this cheese appeals to that side of me. Right away, the smell was very buttery. The texture […]
The Culture-verse Expands
Hello, culture-verse! My name is Katie, and I’m pleased to introduce myself as culture‘s new editor. I’ve been working inculture‘s Boston office for a month now. I’m still in settling-in mode, but I’m thrilled to be here. As you may have read previously in this post, my background is in daily journalism — most recently […]
Tasting Tuesday: Crema de Blue and Netherlands Cheeses
Each week we taste a sampling of cheeses in our Cambridge office and discuss their flavors, textures, and our general impressions of them. Yum! Crema de Blue Cow’s Milk – New Jersey Kate E. – I love the smell of this cheese. It’s like fresh, french bread. This makes the briny taste extra surprising. The […]
Meeting the Staff: Katie Aberbach
In this blog series intern Kate E. interviews the staff here at culture: the word on cheese to give you an inside look at a day in the life of this goofy group of cheese-lovers and their work on the magazine you’ve come to love. Have specific questions for or about our staff? Be sure to send […]
Meeting the Staff: The Interns
In this blog series intern Kate E. interviews the staff here at culture: the word on cheese to give you an inside look at a day in the life of this goofy group of cheese-lovers and their work on the magazine you’ve come to love. Have specific questions for or about our staff? Be sure to send […]
Oregon Cheese Festival Wrap-up
There’s a lot of new and interesting cheesemakers in Oregon, and there’s no better place to meet and greet them and taste their handiwork than the Oregon Cheese Festival, which just celebrated its 9th anniversary on Saturday, March 16, 2013, which is put on by the Oregon Cheese Guild and Rogue Creamery. The night before the Festival, the Cheesemakers’ Dinner […]
Beemster XO vs. the Nerds
Tasting Tuesdays have become a regular feature over at the Boston office, and when they asked me to pitch in, of course I said yes. It didn’t hurt that they were sending me Beemster’s XO Gouda, which is one of my avowedly favorite cheeses. XO is aged 26 months, and has a wonderful grainy texture because […]
Meeting the Staff: Amy Scheuerman
In this blog series intern Kate E. interviews the staff here at culture: the word on cheese to give you an inside look at a day in the life of this goofy group of cheese-lovers and their work on the magazine you’ve come to love. Have specific questions for or about our staff? Be sure to send […]
Food with Love is food for thought
Yesterday our Love with Food box arrived. I love getting them every month. It’s a surprise and a present every month. And with each one I think about Lassa, who gave it to us as a Christmas gift. Love with Food is a subscription service in the form of a box of unique and mostly new specialty food products […]
Tasting Tuesday: Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery Cheeses
Each week we taste a sampling of cheeses in our Cambridge office and discuss their flavors, textures, and our general impressions of them. Yum! Bonne Bouche Goat’s Milk – Vermont Jesi – Luscious, super soft, and creamy. My favorite of the four. Amy – This is a very delicate, creamy, and mild aged goat cheese with not […]
